Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is a memorial museum and one of the highest awards in international basketball. It honors the most representative basketball players, the best coaches, referees and personalities who have made a fundamental contribution to the improvement and affirmation of this sport Naismith MemorialBasketball Hall of FameGenreBasketballLocationCountry United StatesGeneral dataFoundation1959Website Index 1 History 2 Notes 3 Related entries 4 Other projects 5 External linksHistory Edit Based in Springfield, Massachusetts, the US city in which basketball was born thanks to James Naismith, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is a true its own museum dedicated to the most important personalities in the history of world basketball, full of news, curiosities and memorabilia and a place of pilgrimage for fans 1 The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was founded in 1959 in a small building. The first real location was inaugurated on February 17 1968 at Springfield College In 1985 a new campus was opened on the east bank of the Connecticut River outside the city center In September 2002 the Hall of Fame found its third and final home in a new purpose-built building with an area of more than 8 000 m 2 The new building of modern and functional architecture includes an enormous silver hemispherical structure in the center which extends over several floors 3 Inclusion in the Hall of Fame is very selective and takes place at least five years after the athlete’s retirement 4 They are also part of a few teams including the Original Celtics, the Buffalo Germans, the New York Renaissance, the Harlem Globetrotters and the Dream Team. The so-called The First Team, the first group of 18 players who played the first match in history in 1891, is also part of the Hall of Fame. Notes Edit Marcia Glassman Jaffe Fun with the Family Massachusetts Globe Pequot 2010 pp 46 47 ISBN 978 0 7627 6293 4 EN History of The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame at hoophall com URL consulted 28 June 2014 David Blevins The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia Rowman amp Littlefield 2012 p 1145 ISBN 978 0 8108 6130 5 EN Guidelines For Nomination and Election Into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on hoophall com URL consulted on 28 June 2014 archived from the original URL on 4 September 2009 Related entries EditMembers of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Hall of FameOther Projects EditOther ProjectsWikimedia Commons nbsp Wikimedia Commons contains images or other files about Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of FameExternal links Edit EN Official site at hoophall com nbsp EN Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame at Encyclopedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc nbsp Authority checkVIAF EN 147894778 ISNI EN 0000 0004 0370 170X LCCN EN n93010622 WorldCat Identities EN lccn n93010622 nbsp Basketball Portal access Wikipedia entries dealing with basketball Retrieved from https it wikipedia org w index php title Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame amp oldid 1297005 04
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