Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Fall 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/21/2022
The father of the only major North American sport to be “invented”, Canadian James Naismith created basketball at Springfield College when tasked with developing an indoor game that would keep track athletes in shape, and was “not too rough”. We offer a Warranty Deed from 1937 signed by the father of basketball. A lengthy four-page document with cover signed two years before of his death, Naismith has signed the final page dated Feb 26, 1937 in steel-tip fountain pen, with his wife also signing. The document itself shows toning along with expected fold lines. A JSA LOA will accompany.
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