History Of Volleyball William G Morgan. Volleyball history related pages. Morgan foundation in 1995 during the centennial year of volleyball the trophy is named in honor of william morgan.
William g morgan and the history of beach volleyball beach volleyball started in santa monica in about 1920 when the city expanded the beach by adding piers and jetties. Later alfred halstead re named mintonette volleyball because the object of the game was to volley a ball back and forth over a net. Morgan was an instructor at the ymca young men s christian association when he created the game of volleyball ncva.
The young morgan carried out his undergraduate studies at the springfield college of the ymca young men s christian association where he met james naismith who in 1891 had invented basketball.
Volleyball is a very popular sport around the world. Morgan foundation in 1995 during the centennial year of volleyball the trophy is named in honor of william morgan. The first exhibition match of volleyball is played at springfield college called international ymca training school in 1896. Morgan physical director of the young men s christian association ymca in holyoke massachusetts it was designed as an indoor sport for businessmen who found the new game of basketball too vigorous.
