15th January 1892: Rules for basketball published for the first time by James Naismith

Published: Jan. 15, 2024, 3:05 a.m.

On 15 January, 1892, Naismith published his original list of thirteen rules in the Springfield College school newspaper, The Triangle. According to documents found after his death, these were inspired by a game he played as child called \u2018duck on a rock\u2019 and he was nervous about whether the game would catch on since he had previously introduced games that his students did not ...