In contrast, Obama is designated a yearly salary of $400,000, and he reportedly made nearly $800,000 in 2011 due to additional earnings from investments and book royalties.
Dr. James Naismith was a Canadian physical education instructor who invented the game of basketball in 1891 while working at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Dr. Luther Gulick did play a critical role in the invention of basketball. As the leader of the Springfield YMCA, it was Gulick who gave James Naismith the assignment of developing a game that would keep athletes active during the harsh Massachusetts winters. The game Naismith came up with was basketball.