Melvin B. Rideout (c. 1893)
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- 1893
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He was born on May 15, 1871 in Illinois. Rideout is credited with introducing basketball to England while serving as a French delegate at the YMCA Jubilee Convention in June 1984. He spent five years as the physical director of the Association in Paris, France, and the following three years as a field secretary doing special organizing work in Europe. From 1899 until 1905, he served at a YMCA in Washington, D.C. as a physical director. Rideout died on November 26, 1957.
This is a portrait of Melvin B. Rideout (class of 1893), an alumnus of the International YMCA Training School, now Springfield College.
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Van Norman, George H
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- Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
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- College Archives Digital Collections
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- Springfield College
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- International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Springfield College
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Basketball--History
Rideout, Melvin B
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- Van Norman, George H. Melvin B. Rideout (c. 1893). 1893. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/5726. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Van Norman, George H, (1893) Melvin B. Rideout (c. 1893). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/5726
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- Van Norman, George H. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/5726>.