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: -The Greater Holyoke YMCA’s physical director, William Morgan, invented volleyball in 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The Greater Holyoke YMCA continues to run adult volleyball leagues. The game was unveiled at a physical director’s conference at the International YMCA Training School (now Springfield College) in 1896.

Detailed explanation-3: -Volleyball has come a long way from the dusty-old YMCA gymnasium of Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA, where the visionary William G. Morgan invented the sport back in 1895.

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