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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] He was born in Lockport, New York, U.S. [2]
William Morgan was born in Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire, England, the son of George Morgan, a farmer, and his wife Sarah Morgan (née Horne). [1] Educated at Bedford Modern School, [2] Morgan emigrated to South Australia, arriving in Port Adelaide on 13 February 1849 in the Glenelg.
Born Nationality Major achievements Ref. 1985: William G. Morgan: January 23, 1870 United States: He is the inventor of volleyball, and the inaugural member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame. [143] 1986: Dr. Harold T. Friermood: September 14, 1902 United States: He is the man who brought volleyball to the Olympics.
William G. Morgan (1870–1942), American inventor of the game of volleyball William Llewellyn Morgan (1884–1960), Welsh international rugby union player William A. Morgan (footballer) (born 1914, date of death unknown), English footballer who played as goalkeeper for Coventry City F.C.
William Morgan, FRS (26 May 1750 – 4 May 1833) [1] was a British [1] physician, physicist and statistician, who is considered the father of modern actuarial science. He is also credited with being the first to record the "invisible light" produced when a current is passed through a partly evacuated glass tube: "the first x-ray tube".
William Morgan (1545 – 10 September 1604) was a Welsh Bishop of Llandaff and of St Asaph, and the translator of the first version of the whole Bible into Welsh from Greek and Hebrew. Title page of Morgan's translation of the Bible The opening page of The Book of Genesis in Morgan's Bible
Volleyball was created by William G. Morgan in 1895 and has since become popular worldwide. Skateboarding, emerging in the 1950s, and snowboarding, which developed in the 1960s and 1970s, are American innovations that have gained global traction.
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