When I was in high school, I got yelled at for wearing non-sneakers into the gym. But apparently, in many gyms around the country, donkey hoofs are a-okay on the hardwood floor. Especially if they're playing basketball.
A staple of Middle America since the 1930s, donkey basketball is tragically dying out as things like logic and safety rule the day, but back in the '60s and '70s, there was no better way to spend a Friday afternoon.
Here are 20 vintage pics of donkeys shooting hoops and making it rain.
1
La Puente High School
Plying donkey basketball in 1961.
2
La Puente High School Continued
Shooting in 1968.
3
La Puente High School Continued
Scoring in 1971.
4
La Puente High School Continued
Shooting in 1975.
5
La Puente High School Continued
Setting up in 1981.
6
La Puente High School Continued
Pulling in 1982.
7
Chaos
Donkey basketball in 1970.
8
"My Grandmother"
"Participating in a donkey basketball game circa 1950."
9
Marion L. Steele High School
Playing in 1979.
10
Marion L. Steele High School Continued
Students vs faculty game.
11
Marion L. Steele High School Continued
With the ball.
12
Marion L. Steele High School Continued
Scoring.
13
Pep Rally
Playin in 1991.
14
Students Play a Game of Donkey Basketball
Michigan State University, 1953.
15
Setting Up a Game
A gym in the 1990s.
16
Weston High School Yearbook
Game photos, 1970.
17
Weston High School Yearbook
Game photos, 1974.
18
A game during the 1973-74 school year.
19
Gary Grove
Newton teacher riding a donkey during the game in the fall of 1967.
20
Fast Break
Three on none.
