Where was the sport invented in 1891 by a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, chaplain, sports coach and innovator?
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Sports in New England Two popular American sports were invented in New England. Basketball was invented by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891. Volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1895. Also, the first organized ice hockey game in the United States is widely believed to have been played in Concord, New Hampshire in 1883.
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James Naismith James Naismith (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, chaplain, sports coach and innovator. He invented the game of basketball at age 30 in 1891. He wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University of Kansas basketball program. Naismith lived to see basketball adopted as an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 and as an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as well as the birth of the National Invitation Tournament (1938) and the NCAA Tournament (1939).
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Alex Decoteau Alexander Wuttunee "Alex" Decoteau, (November 19, 1887 – October 30, 1917), was a Cree Canadian track and field athlete, police officer and soldier. A member of the Red Pheasant First Nation, he joined the Edmonton Police in 1911 becoming the first Indigenous police officer in Canada. Decoteau was known for his athletic ability and his achievements in running. A holder of numerous long-distance records in Western Canada, he represented Canada in the 5,000 meters event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Decoteau joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in April 1915 and died on October 30, 1917 during the Second Battle of Passchendaele.
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Hap Emms Leighton Alfred "Hap" Emms (January 12, 1905 – October 23, 1988) was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, owner, general manager and pioneer of the game. Emms was as controversial as he was successful during his nearly 60 years in hockey. He played in the National Hockey League between 1926 and 1938 for the Montreal Maroons, New York Americans, Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings. A left wing and defenceman, he was a native of Barrie, Ontario. The left-handed shot was listed as 6 ft tall and 190 lb (13 stone, 8 pounds).
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Ted Meredith James Edwin "Ted" Meredith (November 14, 1891 – November 2, 1957) was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Alexandrine Gibb Alexandrine Gibb, also known as Alex Gibb (born Toronto 1891 – 1958), was a pioneer in women’s sports during the twentieth century. She created and managed the first international women's team. Gibb advocated for women’s branches of sports across Canada and was involved in many women’s organizations including the Canadian Ladies’ Athletic Club which she inspired. She was a sports journalist for the Toronto Daily Star, where she wrote a daily column entitled “No Man’s Land of Sport” and worked for over thirty years.
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Fred Covey Fred Covey (1881-1957), born Geoffrey Frederick Covey, in Woolwich, England, was world champion from 1912 to 1914 and from 1916 until 1928 at real tennis, the original racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis (which has usurped the name "tennis"), is descended.
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Jack Broderick John Charles "Jack" Broderick (June 5, 1877 – July 12, 1957) was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Canadian team which won the gold medal. He was the son of John (Sr.) and Johanna Broderick, née Flannigan. He never married. He is buried in St. Columban's Cemetery in Cornwall, Ontario and was inducted into the Cornwall Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.
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1891 Sewanee Tigers football team The 1891 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of during the 1891 college football season. In what was the inaugural season of Sewanee football, the Tigers compiled a 1–2 record. The team's quarterback was Ellwood Wilson, considered the "founder of Sewanee football." He had come from Lawrenceville, NJ, where he played football before, to Sewanee in 1889. While introducing the sport to Sewanee, he was forced to use a piece of wood shaped like a football until he found a real one. Sewanee's first intercollegiate game was the first instance of the Sewanee–Vanderbilt rivalry and Vanderbilt's second ever game. The win over Tennessee was that program's first game.
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Volleyball Hall of Fame The Volleyball Hall of Fame was founded to honor extraordinary players, coaches, officials, and leaders who have made significant contributions to the game of volleyball. The Hall of Fame is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan at the local YMCA.
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Irving Dardik Irving Israel Dardik is a former vascular surgeon who taught at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and founded the Sports Medicine Council of the US Olympic Committee. Dardik is notable as being among the first medical doctors to officially recognize the value of chiropractic in sport, when he recommended in 1979 that the United States Olympic Committee include a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.) as a member of its medical team at all future Olympic Games. As a result, chiropractor George Goodheart attended the XIIIth Winter Olympic Games, in Lake Placid, NY, and the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs instituted a Volunteer Doctor Program for D.C.'s.
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1906–07 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team The 1906-1907 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in its ninth season of collegiate basketball. The head coach was Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of the game, who served his 9th and final year in that capacity.
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R. V. Truitt Reginald Van Trump Truitt (August 12, 1890 – April 11, 1991) was an American zoologist, Army officer, and college lacrosse player and coach. He spent his professional career studying the oyster habitat in the Chesapeake Bay. Truitt founded the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at what is now the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. He also served as the first head lacrosse coach at his alma mater, the University of Maryland from 1919 to 1927. Truitt was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1959.
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Arthur Farrell Arthur "Art" Farrell (February 8, 1877 – February 7, 1909) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, author and businessman. Farrell played for St. Mary's College in the 1890s and later the Montreal Shamrocks in the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) and Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL). Born in Montreal, Quebec, Farrell helped lead the Shamrocks to Stanley Cup victories in 1899 and 1900.
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James Worrall James "Jim" Worrall, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (June 23, 1914 – October 9, 2011) was a Canadian lawyer, Olympic track and field athlete, and sports administrator.
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Hap Day Clarence Henry "Happy" Day (June 14, 1901 – February 17, 1990), later known as Hap Day, was a Canadian professional hockey player who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Americans. Day enjoyed a 33-year career as a player, referee, coach and assistant general manager, 28 of which were spent in various capacities with the Maple Leafs. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961.
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Joseph Albert Sullivan Joseph "Joe" Albert Taylor Sullivan (January 8, 1901 – September 30, 1988) was a Canadian Olympic ice hockey player, physician, surgeon, and politician.
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Ontario Soccer Association The Ontario Soccer Association, founded in 1901, is one of the oldest and largest sport organizations in Canada. The OSA currently has more than 500,000 registered participants and provides development opportunities for players, coaches, referees, and administrators.
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1891 AHAC season The 1891 Amateur Hockey Association of Canada season saw the Montreal Hockey Club win the league and Canadian championship for the fourth straight season. Ontario launched the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) as the popularity of the sport spread west. Ottawa, the eventual Ontario champion, played in a challenge with Montreal and lost.
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John Tett John Kearns Tett, & (1916 – 1974) was a Canadian athlete, wartime military pilot, physical fitness educator, and public servant. In the 1950s, he fathered the 5BX (Five Basic Exercises) fitness program developed for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning in Kingston, Ontario is named after him.
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1900–01 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team The 1900-1901 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in its third season of collegiate basketball. The head coach was Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of the game, who served his 3rd year.
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Mike Rodden Michael James "Mike" Rodden (April 24, 1891 – January 11, 1978) was a Canadian sports journalist, National Hockey League referee, and Canadian football coach, and was the first person elected to both the Hockey Hall of Fame (1962) and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (1964).