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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. Willamm was born in1870 and dided in 1942.Without William, we would not have volleyball today.

Career

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, Morgan decided to create a less vigorous team sport that was more appropriate for older members of the YMCA but still required athletic skill. Later Alfred Halstead watched Mintonette and re-named it volleyball because the point of the game is to "volley" the "ball" back and forth over the net.

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Volleyball

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Highest governing body FIVB
First played 1895, Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA)
Characteristics
Contact No Contact
Team Members 6
Mixed Gender Single
Category Indoor
Ball Volleyball
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Lockport, New York

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State New York
County Niagara
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James A. Naismith, B.A., M.A., M.D., D.D, (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was the inventor of the sport of basketball and the first to introduce the use of a helmet in American football. He was also the first basketball coach to assemble a team of 5 players.
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Springfield College is a college located in Springfield, Massachusetts. It is located upon Watershops Pond, approximately two miles from downtown. There are two main sections to the campus, though not connected, and ten sites around the United States that offer courses,
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Northfield Mount Hermon School (NMH) is a ninth-twelfth grade private, college preparatory school located in Mount Hermon, Massachusetts, United States.

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In most educational systems, physical education class, also called physical training (PT) or gym, though each with a very different connotation, is a course in the curriculum which utilizes learning in the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains your name
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Young Men's Christian Association ("YMCA" or "the Y") is a world-wide, largely nonsectarian and apolitical social movement with a special emphasis on community development and young people.
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