1861-1939

Reveals how James Naismith came to invent basketball at a Springfield, Massachusetts, high school in 1891 while teaching a rowdy gym class.

Profiles the life of James Naismith, credited with having invented the game of basketball in 1891.

Traces the life of Canadian James Naismith who used his training as a minister to reach out to troubled teenagers and invented the game of basketball to get kids at the YMCA involved in a team sport that could be played indoors in the winter.

"Find out about James Naismith--the man who invented basketball"--.

The Mayo brothers, knowing the importance of sharing, enter a career in which they can share their knowledge, skills, and money with sick people and other doctors.

Easy-to-read biography of the two brothers whose life-long interest in medicine resulted in the world-famous Mayo Clinic.

A biography of the world-famous doctors who established the Mayo Clinic, funded numerous medical studies, and contributed thousands of dollars to their home city Rochester, Minnesota.

A biography of James Naismith, inventor of basketball, discussing his early life in Almonte, Canada, his education and work as a doctor and minister, and his military service, and explaining how and why he created the game.

Tells the story of why and how James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891.

Profiles the life of James Naismith, credited with having invented the game of basketball in 1891.