William G. Morgan

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William G. Morgan (1870-1942) was the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette". William G.Morgan was born in Lockport, NY.

[edit] Career

William G. Morgan met James Naismith, inventor of basketball, while Morgan was studying at Springfield College, Massachusetts (after he attended the Northfield Mount Hermon School) in 1892. Like Naismith, Morgan pursued a career in Physical Education at the YMCA. Influenced by Naismith and basketball, in 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Morgan invented "Mintonette," a less vigorous team sport more suitable for older members of the YMCA but one that still required athletic skill. Later Alfred Halstead watched Mintonette and re-named it "volleyball" as the point of the game is to "volley" the "ball" back and forth over the net.

William G. Morgan died in the year of 1942.

[edit] References

Dearing, Joel B. (2007). The Untold Story of William G. Morgan: Inventor of Volleyball. Livermore, Cal.: WingSpan Press. ISBN 978-1-59594-181-7. 

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