The Inventor of 'Basketball' died 22 days after his birthday and 'Basketball' equals 22.
He also died on the day leaving 33 days in the year, 'Invent' equals 33, he was a freemason, 'Masonry' equals 33, 'Secrecy' equals 33, 'Masonry' has 33 degrees, he was born exactly a span of 33 weeks before modern freemasonry's birthday, he created basketball in 'Massachusetts', a state name equating to 33, and his first name was 'James', which equals 33.
Originally, James Naismith created 13 rules for the game of basketball, interestingly, 'Basket' equals 13 and 41, and 41 is the 13th prime number.