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There is a just-released survey called 101 Things Canadians Should Know - "people" is one of the categories - what do you think? ( Edited by ChrisJ )  

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James Naismith - Founder of Basketball

James Naismith was the Canadian physical education instructor who invented basketball in 1891. James Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario and educated at McGill University and Presbyterian Cllege in Montreal. He was the physical education teacher at McGill University (1887 to 1890) and at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts (1890 to 1895). At Springfield College (which was then the Y.M.C.A. training school), James Naismith, under the direction of American phys-ed specialist Luther Halsey Gulick, invented the indoor sport of basketball.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbasketball.htm

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