KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -William George Morgan (January 23, 1870 – December 27, 1942) was the inventor of volleyball, originally called “Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport.

Detailed explanation-2: -William G. Morgan (1870-1942), who was born in the State of New York, has gone down in history as the inventor of the game of volleyball, to which he originally gave the name “Mintonette".

Detailed explanation-3: -William G Morgan was the inventor of volleyball in 1895 in Springfield Massachusetts. At the time he was the YMCA Physical Education Director and was intrigued by the sport of basketball which was invented less than 10 miles away and less than 4 year earlier.

Detailed explanation-4: -volleyball, invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan, physical education director of the local Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA).