• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Zippy Facts Logo

Zippy Facts

Interesting Random Facts

  • Animals
  • Culture
  • Firsts
  • Food
  • Geography
  • Health
  • History
  • Inventions
  • Language
  • Mythology
  • Odds
  • People
  • Religion
  • Science
  • Space
  • Universe
  • World
You are here: Home / Language / Where Did the Term “Cagers” For Basketball Players Come From and What Does the Word Mean?

Where Did the Term “Cagers” For Basketball Players Come From and What Does the Word Mean?

April 22, 2020 by Karen Hill

When Canadian James Naismith introduced basketball, the game was played with a soccer ball and the baskets were peach buckets nailed to the balcony at each end of the gym.

The early games were rough and crude before Naismith introduced his thirteen rules in 1892.

They were so rough that the Trenton basketball team, playing in the first YMCA League, built a fence around the court to keep the ball in play.

This fence was like a cage, and so the players were called cagers.

Related Facts

  • How Did Basketball Get Its Name and Where Did Basketball Come From?
  • Top 25 Inventions That Changed Our Lives Forever
  • How Does the Magnus Effect Cause a Spinning Ball To Curve To the Side and Who Discovered the Phenomenon?
  • History of Golf
  • How do the Players Association and Major League Baseball find arbitrators for contract arbitrations?
  • Who Invented Basketball?

Filed Under: Language

About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

Previous Post: « Why Has Number 42 Been Retired by Every Major League Baseball Team and Whose Number is it?
Next Post: How Did the Montreal Habs Get their Name and and What Does the Hockey Team’s Logo Stand For? »

Footer

Follow

  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • GitHub
  • Google+
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Medium
  • Pinterest
  • StumbleUpon
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Categories

Accomplishments Animals Culture Firsts Food Geography Health History Inventions Language Mythology Odds People Religion Science Space Universe World Your Body

About

Zippy Facts empowers the world by serving educational content that is accessible to everyone.

A tribute to growing up, zippyfacts.com showcases interesting and unusual facts about the world.

Our mission is to use technology to facilitate knowledge transfer and sharing.

Copyright © 2020 Zippy Facts

  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy