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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 G. Morgan, 1893, inventor of volleyball [1] Howard Thurston, 1893, magician; Ernest Yarrow, 1897, director of the Near East Foundation; Belle da Costa Greene, librarian [2] Peter Moss, 1976, basketball player; Juliana R. Force, 1900, art museum director; Pixley Seme, 1902, founder of the African National Congress [1] Chester Barnard ...
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]
William G. Morgan in c. 1915. William G. Morgan invented the sport in 1895 while he was the YMCA physical education director in Holyoke, Massachusetts. [6] Because he originally derived the game from badminton, he initially named the sport mintonette. [7]
Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points against one another by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. William G. Morgan invented the sport first known as "Mintonnette" in 1895 while studying at a YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts. It ...
In February 2024, the school announced plans to build a new hockey rink (to open in 2025-26) and to convert its existing hockey rink into a new set of basketball and tennis courts (to open in 2026). The project is estimated to cost $20 million. [77] William G. Morgan, the inventor of volleyball, graduated from Mount Hermon in 1893. [78]
The Holyoke YMCA gym building where volleyball was first invented by William G. Morgan in 1895; the building stood at the northwest corner of High and Appleton from 1892 to 1943 1890 – Dr. George L. Gabler, a physician and YMCA training instructor, introduces his friend James Naismith to a group of men at the Holyoke YMCA , playing a ...
Three popular American sports were invented in New England. Basketball was invented by James Naismith, a Canadian, in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891. [1] Volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1895. [2] Paintball was invented in 1981 in Henniker, New Hampshire. [3]