In the winter of 1891, Dr. James Naismith - a physical educator at Springfield YMCA school (now Springfield College) - was encouraged by the school's director (Dr. Luther Gulick) to develop a new game in the winter of as an indoor activity to fill the cold months between the end of football season and the start of baseball season. Basketball spread quickly through the network of Ys, and then to schools and colleges. Within fifteen years, basketball was recognized as a permanent winter sport.
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