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by wickedwillie on January 25th, 2004

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Who was the inventor of volleyball?

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  • by Alatea on May 3rd, 2006

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    William Morgan was born in Lockport in 1870. His parents later sent him to a private school in Massachusetts. It was in Massachusetts that he met, and became friends with James Naismith who invented basketball. Naismith convinced Morgan to move to Springfield Ma. and become the physical director at a YMCA. Morgan observed that basketball was to stenuous for some people to play, this led to him inventing volleyball. In 1910 Morgan moved back to Lockport and in 1917 Spalding Sprting Goods published the first volleyball rulebook. Morgan worked for Harrison Radiator in Lockport until his death in 1942. He is buried in Glenwood cemetary.

    http://www.angelfire.com/ny2/lockporthistory/volley.html

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  • by wickedwillie on January 25th, 2004

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    The sport of volleyball, originally called "mintonette", was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan, following the invention of basketball by only 4 years. Morgan, a graduate of the Springfield College of the YMCA, styled the game to be a blend of basketball, baseball, tennis and handball.

    The original volleyball net, borrowed from tennis, was only 6'6" high (though one must consider that the average American was shorter in the 19th century).

    The offensive style of setting and spiking was first demonstrated in the Philippines in 1916. Over the years that followed, it became clear that certain rule standardizations were desirable for tournament play, and thus the USVBA (United States Volleyball Association) was born in 1928.

    Two years later, the first 2-man beach volleyball game was played, though the professional side of the sport did not emerge until much later. Not surprisingly, the first beach volleyball association appeared in California (1965), and the professional players united under the auspices of the AVP (American Volleyball Professionals) in 1983.

    Today, there are more than 800 million volleyball players worldwide, 46 million of them in the U.S.

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