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While most basketball fans know that James Naismith was the inventor of the game of basketball, not many know that the first game ever played was done so with a soccer ball. The history of basketball and the invention of the basketball itself can be traced back to the late nineteenth century. At a small college in Springfield Massachusetts, physical education teacher James Naismith developed the game of basketball to help keep his students in shape during the harsh winter months.
The actual start of the game of basketball began on January 26th, 1 â¦ 892 when Naismith wrote the rules of basketball. The name was derived by the fact that the goals were actually peach baskets and the object was to put the ball in the basket.