Basketball -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
William H. Ball Alumni Class Representative Papers
Collection — Box 01
Identifier: MS-527
Abstract
William Henry Ball had a long and distinguished career in the YMCA. A graduate of the International YMCA Training School, now Springfield College, in 1891, he worked at a number of different YMCAs including Yonkers, New York, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, the Springfield, Mass. YMCA and the Detroit YMCA. From 1911 until 1924, Ball served as Secretary to the YMCA International Committee in New York City. At the end of his career, Mr. Ball returned to his alma mater, Springfield College to teach...
Dates:
ca. 1930-1942
Amos Alonzo Stagg Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-507
Abstract
Amos Alonzo Stagg, known as the “Grand Old Man of Football,” was born on August 16, 1862 in West Orange, New Jersey. In 1890, Stagg became a faculty member at the International YMCA Training School, now Springfield College, where he stayed until 1892. During his time in Springfield, Stagg formed and managed the school’s first football team, was a captain of the baseball team, and even played in the school’s earliest basketball game. The materials within this collection relate primarily to...
Dates:
1891-2009; Majority of material found within 1891-1962