Who Invented Beach Volleyball. Morgan 1870 1942 invented volleyball in 1895 in holyoke massachusetts. Although the first two man beach volleyball was played in 1930 the first tournament wasn t until 1948.
Beach volleyball history read about important milesstones in the history of beach volleyball. History of beach volleyball. Beach volleyball is a variant of indoor volleyball which was invented in 1895 by william g.
Morgan originally called his new game of volleyball mintonette.
The beach volleyball explosion. Volleyball has come a long way from the dusty old ymca gymnasium of holyoke massachusetts usa where the visionary william g. It is one of the most played team sports worldwide and has been an olympic sport since 1964. According to a 1978 interview of an outrigger canoe club member george david dad center put a net up there and the first recorded game of beach volleyball took place.
