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American basketball referee
George T. Hepbron
(August 27, 1864 ? April 30, 1946
[1]
) was a
basketball
referee
. He is credited with writing the game's first book,
How to Play Basketball
, in 1904.
[2]
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Hepbron was born in
Still Pond
,
Maryland
. He was a close friend of
James Naismith
,
[3]
and subsequently played a major role in the early development of the game, especially in the area of rules. Hepbron held leadership roles with the
Amateur Athletic Union
Basketball Committee (1896) and the National Basketball Rules Committee (1915?1933).
[4]
[2]
[3]
He died in
Newark, New Jersey
, and was enshrined in the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
in 1960 as a referee.
[5]
References
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Further reading
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- Porter, David L. (2005).
Basketball: a Biographical Dictionary
. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 207?208.
ISBN
978-0-313-30952-6
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