A Little Basketball History cont
1901
Dribbler not allowed to shoot ball at basket or score points (rule remained in effect until 1915.
1902
Substitutions could be made but only at half time.
1904
Wood backboards were mandatory
1908
In the early rules any player disqualified twice was excluded from matched games for the rest of the season. When a player left the game, he could not return and no substitute could take his place in that half of the game. In 1908 a rule was put in place that would disqualify a player after he committed five personal fouls.
1909
Glass backboards were permitted
1910
Rules were firmly established to describe and allow pivoting and dribbling so as not to travel. However you were not allowed to dribble to shoot at the basket. (remember dribbling was not allowed in the original rules)
