Interesting Question of the Day – 1 March 2021
In the lead up to the 1936 Olympics, what was American basketball player Joe Fortenberry credited with inventing?
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And he is credited by the New York Times in 1936 with inventing the slam dunk. APPRAISER: So he’s credited with being one of the first, if not the first, to do a slam dunk. GUEST: Yes. He’s also the reason, or one of the reasons, for goaltending, because there was no goaltending
That’s what he did.
And well done on the extended history. That’s the kind of thing we like to see.
The Slam dunk
A journalist said it looked like a customer dunking a a doughnut into a cup of coffee.
The Slam Dunk
Yep.