Doctor Talk, by Mark Preston

Item Information

Title:
Doctor Talk, by Mark Preston
Description:
An article appearing in the Basketball Enshrinement Magazine: 1999 Official Program, titled "Doctor Talk". The article was written by Mark Preston and is a humorous imagining of "What would a conversation with basketball's founding fathers, Dr. James Naismith and Dr. Luther Gulick, be Like?" There are some photographs of Naismith and Gulick. The entire magazine was not scanned for this digital file, only the pages of the article itself, pages 20-23 are included.
Creator:
Preston, Mark
Date:
1999
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
James Naismith Papers
Subjects:
Springfield College
Basketball--History
Springfield College--Faculty
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Naismith, James, 1861-1939
Gulick, Luther Halsey, 1865-1918
Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield, Mass.)
Interviews
Basketball
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
4 Pages
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/17407
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield, Mass.)
Language:
English
Notes:
James A. Naismith (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939), known as "The Father of Basketball" was born in Almonte, Ontario. When he was nine, both of his parents died of typhoid fever and he was raised by his uncle, who later financed Naismith's way through college. He earned his theological degree from McGill University and graduated from Springfield College, then the YMCA Training School, in 1891. After graduation, he was hired as a faculty member, where he taught for five years. It is in his first year as a faculty member at Springfield College that he created the game of Basketball as an activity for an unruly class. In 1895, Naismith enrolled at the Gross Medical School in Denver and received his M.D. in 1898. In that same year, Naismith took the position of department head of physical education at the University of Kansas, where he remained until his death.
Only the pages (20-23) of the article "Doctor Talk" of the Basketball Enshrinement Magazine: 1999 Official Program, have been scanned for this digital file;
This is part of the Basketball Enshrinement Magazine: 1999 Official Program, pages 20-23
Identifier:
ms506-01-17-002