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First Public Basketball Game
- When
- March 1892
- Where
- Springfield YMCA
Students defeated faculty in the first public basketball game at the Springfield YMCA in March 1892, with Stagg scoring the faculty's only goal.
Amos Alonzo Stagg, an instructor at the International YMCA Training School, played for the faculty team. He scored the only goal for the faculty, which lost to the students. James Naismith, who invented the game in 1891, invited Stagg to participate in this public match.
Sources
- Amos Alonzo Stagg Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-01
- James Naismith Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
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