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December 4

December 4, 1944

We've got some new rules for the game...and that's just the way
the ball bounces. Basketball, that is...


 

Vermont was reading about new rules for the game of Basketball on this day in 1944. Just the day before, the Vermont State Basketball Officials' Association had held their annual meeting.

irst matter of business was a test for Vermonters wishing to become officials. Of 13, only five passed.

Next was a meeting with the Coach's Association to discuss new rules proposed by the National Inter-Collegeiate Association. After some discussion, they voted to accept.

The new rules meant five fouls would be allowed instead of four and a player could now enter and leave a game an unlimited number of times.


Image courtesy The Vermonter from the collections of the Vermont Historical Society.

 

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