Another old rule change

[Rick Durkee]

This rule change is from April 1936.

http://www.orangeandblackforever.com/hooprule.jpg

Speaking of basketball history, does anybody have a general idea when girls high school rules changed from six girls on the court to five with a "rover"? Or when high school girls started playing with all five girls allowed anywhere on the court?

[Mark Padgett]

Are you sure it wasn't from earlier than 1936? 1936 was the year the center jump following every basket was eliminated.

I know this because Jurassic and I worked the first game under the new rule. We were both entering the twilights of our careers then.

Oh yeah - whistles were made out of wood then. Plastic hadn't been invented yet. Lanyards were hemp, which made for some pretty interesting calls late in the game (if you know what I mean).

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Mark Padgett


Oh yeah - whistles were made out of wood then. Plastic hadn't been invented yet. Lanyards were hemp, which made for some pretty interesting calls late in the game (if you know what I mean).

Where's your partner?

Oh, out smoking his lanyard.

[Macaroo]

I believe girls went to 5 man (ha!) in 1972. If that's not hard enough to believe, it took Iowa about eleven more years (or something like that) to make the switch.