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.
1 James Naismith is known to be the man who invented the game basketball. 2  AG Spalding is widely recognized as the person who invented the first basketball used in an official game.