[Ads-l] Antedating of "Guard" (Basketball)

[Shapiro, Fred]

guard (OED, n. 7.d. [Basketball], 1905)

1892 _Basket Ball: Rules for Basket Ball_ in _The James Naismith Reader_ (2021) 202  Nine men make a nice team for an ordinary sized gymnasium. A goal keeper; two guards to assist him.

Fred Shapiro

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