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Pages in category "Sports clubs and teams founded by the YMCA" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
William George Morgan (January 23, 1870 – December 27, 1942) was the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport. [1]
YMCA was most notable in encouraging women's sports in South America, and during the early 1900s, YMCA in Argentina highly promoted basketball, swimming, and track and field. There were many victories for the development of sports in Argentina due to YMCA, such as Frederick Dickens, who served as the director of physical education at the Buenos ...
The Ahwatukee Foothills News is a weekly newspaper that serves the Ahwatukee district of the city of Phoenix.Its education and sports coverage mainly revolves around the two high schools serving the district: Mountain Pointe High School and Desert Vista High School (both part of the Tempe Union High School District).
The International Volleyball Hall of Fame (IVHF) was founded to honor extraordinary players, coaches, officials, and leaders who have made significant contributions to the game of volleyball. The Hall of Fame is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan at the local YMCA. [1]
English: A postcard of the YMCA building where volleyball was first played in 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The building, located on the northwest corner of Appleton and High Street was constructed in 1892 and eventually razed by fire in 1943.
It is one of the best volleyball leagues in Europe, being highly ranked in the international competitions. [1] The league in its current form was founded in 2000 and was originally known as Polska Liga Siatkówki (Polish Volleyball League). Since 2008 it is named PlusLiga after a mobile phone network brand, Plus.
Volleyball was invented in the United States in 1895 and made its first appearance in Canada in 1900 when an Ottawa branch of the YMCA included it in its schedule. [2] The sport caught on and soon spread to YMCAs in Toronto and Montreal.