James Naismith "Inventor of Basketball" Circa 1933 Original TYPE I Photo PSA/DNA Baseball Non-HOF Autographs 1939 edition of Life Magazine

1939 edition of Life Magazine (no mailing label)

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James Naismith "Inventor of Basketball" Circa 1933 Original TYPE I Photo PSA/DNA Baseball Non-HOF Autographs 1939 edition of Life MagazineJames Naismith wasa Canadian American, was a physical education instructor, a physician, a Christian chaplain, and a sports coach. While teaching future YMCA instructors at the organization's Springfield, Mass. facility, Naismith was tasked by his supervisor to come up with a safe indoor game, within two weeks, that the YMCA boisterous and cooped up students could play in the gymnasium during the cold Massachusetts winters. Naismith nailed a peach