The 1920s marked a transformative era for professional basketball, characterized by the formation of numerous men’s teams and the sport’s growing popularity. A key team of this period was the Original Celtics, established in 1912.

In 1939 the all-black New York Renaissance beat the all-white Oshkosh All-Stars in the World Pro Basketball Tournament. From the late 1920s the African American Harlem Globetrotters were a successful touring team, winning the WPBT in 1940.

2025年1月19日 · history of basketball, notable events and people in the development of basketball since its invention in the late 1800s. Unlike that of most popular sports, the origin of basketball is concise and all-American—it is the only major sport strictly rooted in …

Basketball in its early days was different from the game we know today. The rules, the equipment, the strategies, the playing styles, the court, the venues, and even the reasons for playing at all, evolved over time. Basketball was spelled basket ball until well into the 1920s.

During the 1920-21 season, Furey added veteran center Swede Grimstead, defensive ace Dutch Dehnert, and the premier offensive player of the day, Johnny Beckman. By this time, the Celtics were being proclaimed as the best professional team in the country.

*Before the NIT and NCAA Tournaments, there was no official national champion in college basketball. In 1936, the Helms Athletic Foundation assembled a group of experts to choose a national champion for college basketball, retroactively, back to 1901.

The American Basketball League (ABL) was an early professional basketball league. During six seasons from 1925–26 to 1930–31, the ABL was the first attempt to create a major professional basketball league in the United States.

The spectator orientation of basketball in the 1920s led to the formation of the national professional American Basketball League in 1925. The ABL standardized the rules of the game, which had varied from region to region, and to prevent roster jumping clubs were permitted to sign players to exclusive contracts.

This category is for topics specifically related to the sport of basketball in the decade 1920s. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.

2011年6月3日 · Games between women’s teams took place in Harlem throughout the 1920s. Harlem’s first major basketball venue, Manhattan Casino (renamed Rockland Palace c.1928) (Source: Father Divine and International Peace Mission Movement)