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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 ...
Four years after James Naismith invented basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, William G. Morgan, an instructor at YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts, wanted to create a game for older gentlemen which had less physical contact. He borrowed a tennis net, raised it 6 feet, 6 inches above the floor, and invented the game of "mintonette ...
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. Beginning in 1944, he was a tireless advocate of getting volleyball into the ...
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.
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.
South Carolina Freedom Caucus Chair Adam Morgan has thrown his hat in the race to challenge U.S. Rep. William Timmons' in the Upstate. "We need strong representation who are ready to focus on the ...
G. William Morgan, also known as George William Morgan, health physicist and founding member of the Health Physics Society. Morgan held key health physics positions at Oak Ridge National Laboratory , the Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Commission .
President Bill Clinton turns 70 in 2016. Here's some extraordinary facts on the 42nd President of the United States... 1. He is a large man at 6 foot, 2 inches tall.