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Old Tue Aug 14, 2018, 04:16pm
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. is offline
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Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. officiated the first two person game ever in 1891. His partner was James Naismith. Naismith was the referee. As the umpire, it was Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.'s job to climb up a ladder to get the ball out of the peach basket after every goal.

LOL!

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