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13 Rules of Basketball

By , About.com GuideJune 15, 2013

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James Naismith wrote the original thirteen rules of basketball. Naismith was the Canadian physical education instructor who invented basketball in 1891. The picture to the left is from U.S. patent #1,718,305 granted to G.L. Pierce on June 25, 1929 for the "basketball" used in the game.

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November 7, 2006 at 6:03 pm
(1) Gabrielle Hutchinson that lives in Mexico City and everyone from cambridge elementary in San Antonio Texas knows me and i would like to give a shout out to the LOVE of my life Blake Rosenthal that lives in San antonio Texas alamo hieghts and i= now in 6th says:

HI, im Gabrielle Hutchinson.I live in Mexico City and everyone from cambridge elementary in Alamo Hieghts San Antonio Texas knows me and i would like to give a shout out to the LOVE of my life Blake Rosenthal that lives in San antonio Texas alamo hieghts and is now in 6th grade in the junior school. I LUV U BLAKE. YOUR SO HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

November 7, 2006 at 6:07 pm
(2) Gabrielle Hutchinson says:

talk to me…myspace.com/bubbababe12 or gabernator@hotmail.com (talk to me on MSN)or Yahoo messenger…big_PUNK_lozer@yahoo.com

tjnx luv ya bye!!i still luv ya blake

March 31, 2007 at 3:21 pm
(3) Sarah says:

Hey that information kind of helped me but please try to explain why he made up those rules. I am doing a Civil War project for college and I need to know a lot about basketball around the civil war times. Help me and e-mail me back thanks.

June 12, 2008 at 5:23 pm
(4) Nanda says:

I need to use this article for a project and I have to site, so I can’t find out when it was written or updated last, so can reply to me as soon as possible

June 24, 2010 at 5:57 pm
(5) Lance J says:

As I understand it, Naismith wanted/needed a way to keep students fit in the winter in New England, that took minimal equipment (inexpensive), and that would keep the students interest by competition – I would say that he succeeded in all of his aims!

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