50 years ago today - Feb 24, 1962

[General] CHURCH NEWS reports that 3,500 teams and 50,000 players are involved in all-church basketball tournament. For final playoffs teams come to Salt Lake City from throughout United States, Canada, and Mexico. Basketball is most popular of all-church team sports which also includes softball and volleyball. However, from 1958 to 1971 more than thirty stakes have been organized outside North America, and their youth obviously cannot participate in such tournaments. Also many less affluent, outlying stakes in North America cannot. In 1971 church headquarters ends "all-Church" sports competitions.

[Source: Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower]