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Naismith's Original Basketball Rules Now on Display at KU

It’s been a long time since the David Booth family paid $4.3 million as the winning bid for the original rules of basketball, written by the game’s inventor, Dr. James Naismith. The auction at Southeby’s in New York took place in 2010. But now the two-page document has finally found a permanent home. The original 13 rules are on display at the University of Kansas, where Dr. Naismith worked most of his professional life. Kansas Public Radio’s Greg Echlin has more in this report.


Click here to read more about the DeBruce Center at KU, home of the original rules of basketball.

 

Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.