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1961 Basketball Hall of Fame dedication...
1961 Basketball Hall of Fame dedication...
Item # 722826
November 07, 1961
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Nov. 7, 1961
* Basketball Commemoration Day
* Dr. James Naismith celebration
* Hall of Fame building cornerstone
* From the birthplace of the sport
* Memorial Field House - Springfield College
The top of page 28 has a six column heading: "Springfield Collage Dedicates Basketball Hall of Fame" with subhead and a few related photoa. (see images) See below for details of this event. Might only be reported as such in a Springfield newspaper, extremely rare as such.
Complete with all 36 pages, light toning at the margins, very minor spine wear, nice condition.
AI notes: The Basketball Hall of Fame was formally dedicated on November 6, 1961, in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city universally recognized as the birthplace of basketball, where James Naismith invented the game in 1891 at the YMCA Training School. The dedication marked a major milestone for the sport, establishing a permanent national institution devoted to preserving basketball’s history, honoring its greatest contributors, and educating the public about the game’s development at the amateur, collegiate, and professional levels. The original Hall of Fame building, located on Springfield College property, was a modest but symbolically powerful structure, reflecting the sport’s comparatively young status while emphasizing its rapid growth and cultural importance. The ceremony brought together prominent basketball figures, administrators, and civic leaders, underscoring Springfield’s central role in basketball heritage and formalizing the Hall of Fame’s mission to enshrine players, coaches, referees, and innovators whose influence shaped the game. This 1961 dedication laid the foundation for what would later become the much larger and internationally recognized Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame complex that stands in Springfield today.
Category: 1857-1860
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