November 6th 1861 \u2013 November 28th 1939<\/span><\/p>\n Member of:<\/p>\n Roswell Lee Lodge<\/a>, Springfield, Massachusetts<\/p>\n Later<\/p>\n Lawrence Lodge #6<\/a>, Lawrence, Kansas Canadian physical educator, physician, chaplain, sports coach and innovator. He invented the sport of basketball in 1891. He wrote the original basketball rule book<\/a> and founded the University of Kansas basketball program<\/a>. Naismith lived to see basketball adopted as an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 and as an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics<\/a> in Berlin, as well as the birth of the National Invitation Tournament<\/a> (1938) and the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship<\/a> (1939).<\/p>\n \n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https:\/\/eb1870.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/famous-mason-james-naismith.jpg” alt=”famous freemason james naismith” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brother James Naismith November 6th 1861 \u2013 November 28th 1939 Member of: Roswell Lee Lodge, Springfield, Massachusetts Later Lawrence Lodge #6, Lawrence, Kansas Worshipful Master : 1927-1928 Canadian physical educator, physician, chaplain, sports coach and innovator. He invented the sport of basketball in 1891. He wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
\nWorshipful Master : 1927-1928<\/p>\n
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