Finley G. MacDonald

General Facts

Born: April 1, 1870, in Sunny Brae, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died: March 29, 1951, at the age of 80 at his home in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Items of Interest

  • One of three students to score a basket in the first Public Game in March 1892
  • Among the 18 Original Team members inducted into the inaugural class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on March 3, 1959

Important Dates

1893: Graduated from the International YMCA Training School (now Springfield College)

1892-1895: General Secretary, YMCA, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada

1895-1898: General Secretary, YMCA, Reading, Massachusetts

1898-1915: In business

1915-1931: Pastor of multiple Presbyterian Churches

1933-1948: Pastor, St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church 

General Facts