Basketball has been in China for several decades, and the national team has gone through several generations. Wang is not a "father" in any case.
The landlord may have confused the concept. Wang's mark in the history of basketball should be "the first Asian player to enter the NBA professional league in the United States"
The father of basketball in China is Dong Shouyi.
Dong Shouyi (1895 ~1978)1895165438+1October 20th, Dong Shouyi was born in a farmer's home in Zheng Village, Li County, Hebei Province, and was named Xingshun. This year, "treaty of shimonoseki" angered the people who went to Beijing to take the exam, set off an innovative movement to promote the spread of western learning to the east, and foreign schools appeared in Zhengcun, which became the starting point of a new life.
/kloc-at the beginning of 0/907, Dong Shouyi entered the Tongren school run by Baoding parish. Here, he learned to play basketball and became a Christian. Basketball and crosses have since become the main theme of his half-life rest.
19 10 at the beginning, Dong Shouyi went to the Zhongzhai Department of Tongxian Union College. After entering the university, he became the captain and center of the school basketball team, a member of the student sports meeting and the center of the football team, and served as the president of the student sports meeting in 19 15. During my school days, I participated in the Third North China Games, the First National Games and the Third School Competition on behalf of my school for four consecutive years. After graduation, I went to the Tianjin YMCA Sports Department as a trainee 19 17. Dong Shouyi was the captain and striker of the China basketball team, and participated in the basketball match of the 3rd Far East Games in Tokyo for the first time.
65438-0923, Dong Shouyi participated in the 6th Far East Games as an athlete of China for the last time.
After that, he studied in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, and returned to China as the director of the sports department of the YMCA two years later.
In 1932, he wrote down "three creeds that athletes should abide by": 1. In any sport, you should absolutely abide by the rules of that sport; 2. When you get to the playground, you should get rid of all your temper and be more amiable to people than usual; 3. Don't be proud of winning or losing, and be ashamed of honor or disgrace. Only use the spirit of pursuing technology to improve your body and mind, and be a promising citizen of China.
Since 1930, Dong Shouyi has been a professor in the physical education departments of Beiping Normal University, Beiping University in the Republic of China, Beiping Women's College of Arts and Sciences, Northwest Associated University, Zhejiang University and other schools, and once served as director of North China Sports Federation, director-general of All-China Sports Federation, and member of the Standing Committee of the Physical Education Committee of the Ministry of Education.
1936, Dong Shouyi, as the coach of China basketball team, took part in the 1 1 Olympic Games held in Berlin. During the Olympic Games, he represented China at the meeting of the International Basketball Association and was elected as an international basketball referee. ; 1947, Dong Shouyi was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee.
1948, Dong Shouyi was promoted to be the director-general of the China delegation to participate in the 14 Olympic Games held in London. The China delegation made the same mistake as the Berlin Olympics and was wiped out.
; For more than 30 years, Dong Shouyi has worked hard for the sports cause in China. However, China's position in the international sports arena went from bad to worse, and he couldn't help crying.
1949, Dong Shouyi stayed in the mainland.
1952, Dong Shouyi participated in the Helsinki 15 Olympic Games as the general director.
1956, Dong Shouyi participated in the 5th1and the 52nd International Olympic Committee and the 7th Olympic Games.
1958, Dong Shouyi resigned as a member of the International Olympic Committee because it created "two China".
From1June 1947 to1June 1958, the whole 10 IOC career ended. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Dong Shouyi actively devoted itself to developing the New China Olympic Movement and restoring China's legitimate seat in the International Olympic Committee. He has served as Chairman of China Basketball Association, Vice Chairman of the Fourth Committee of All-China Sports Federation, Director of Sports Technical Committee of China Sports Committee, Deputy Director of Sports Department, and Member of the Second, Fourth and Fifth CPPCC.
1June 3, 978, Dong Shouyi died at the age of 83. He devoted himself to sports all his life and was called "the father of basketball in China".