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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Summary

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is a basketball hall of fame[1]. It draws 536 Wikipedia views per month (basketball_hall_of_fame category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is located in Springfield[3].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is in the country of United States[4].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's image is recorded as Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.jpg[5].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's instance of is recorded as basketball hall of fame[6].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[7].
  • James Naismith is named after Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[8].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's headquarters location is recorded as Springfield[9].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's ISNI is recorded as 000000040370170X[10].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 147894778[11].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n93010622[12].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's location is recorded as Springfield[13].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Commons category is recorded as Basketball Hall of Fame[14].
  • +1959-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[15].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.09375, 'lon': -72.584722222222}[16].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's sport is recorded as basketball[17].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k89p[18].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's official website is recorded as https://www.hoophall.com/[19].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[20].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's IRS Employer Identification Number is recorded as 04-6128892[21].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Basketball-Hall-of-Fame[22].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's legal form is recorded as 501(c)(3) organization[23].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4944883[24].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's date of official opening is recorded as +1959-00-00T00:00:00Z[25].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3646[26].
  • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's X is recorded as Hoophall[27].

Body

Founding

+1959-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[15].

Operations

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's headquarters location is recorded as Springfield[9].

Why It Matters

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame draws 536 Wikipedia views per month (basketball_hall_of_fame category, ranking #2 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Carmelo Anthony Chris Webber Dennis Rodman Dwight Howard James Naismith Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Lisa Leslie Sue Bird Uļjana Semjonova United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . charitynavigator.org. Retrieved . charitynavigator.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . hoophall.com. Retrieved . hoophall.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Revenue → —
    Named after → James Naismith
    Country → United States
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+162000'}
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q1046088]]"
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