Luther Halsey Gulick (Executive. Born, Honolulu, H.T., Dec. 14, 1865; died, South Casco, ME, Aug. 13, 1918.) At least partial credit for the invention of basketball goes to Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick. Gulick was Dr. James Naismith’s supervisor at the Springfield (Mass.) Y.M.C.A. school in 1891 when he urged Naismith to create “an indoor game” to […]
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