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Central YMCA Basketball Team, 1905

Submitted by bzalokar on May 6, 2010 - 8:49am
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The game of Basketball has its origins at the YMCA. In 1891, Dr. James Naismith, at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, invented an indoor recreational activity to play during the long, cold winters: basketball.

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Godman Guild Basketball Team

Submitted by rathke on April 1, 2010 - 9:52am
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Godman Guild provided team building activities, such as basketball, to Flytown residents.

Photo provided by the Godman Guild

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Godman Guild Leaders Basketball Team 1924-1925

Submitted by rathke on March 31, 2010 - 1:00pm
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Godman Guild provided Flytown youth team building activities such as basketball. This is a photo of the 1924-1925 Leaders Club basketball team.

Sitting left to right: Willie Boyer, Gus Young, "Chock" Ford and L. Anderson.
Standing left to right: John Lipkin, Coach Charley Cutchen and L. Donaldson.

The Godman Guild produced some star athletes: Hank Gowdy (Major League Baseball), and William "Plunk" Ford and Murray "Chock" Ford, brothers both played for the Harlem Globetrotters, and Archie Moore boxed Caccius Clay in the 1960's.

Photo provided by the Godman Guild.

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