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Dr. James Naismith

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Inventor

The Resume

    (November 6, 1861-November 28, 1939)
    Invented the game of Basketball (1891)
    YMCA Teacher in Springfield, Massachusetts
    Known as the 'Father of Basketball'
    First head coach for the University of Kansas basketball team (1899)

Why he might be annoying:

    His original invention of basketball required a soccer ball and two peach baskets (for hoops).
    The first game of basketball ended with a score of 1-0.
    He dropped out of high school (although he returned 4 years later).

Why he might not be annoying:

    At nine years old, he became an orphan.
    His game has become one of the most popular indoor sports internationally.
    He creatively developed an indoor sport so that his students would have something to do in the winter.
    Aside from being a teacher, he was a doctor of medicine and an ordained minister.
    He watched basketball become an Olympic sport during the Olympics in Germany (1936).
    He is the original Dr J.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 35 Votes: 31.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 92 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 50 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 372 Votes: 49.19% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 66 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 216 Votes: 43.98% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 163 Votes: 45.40% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 305 Votes: 42.62% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 421 Votes: 41.33% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 768 Votes: 42.58% Annoying