William G Morgan Research Paper

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William G. Morgan William G. Morgan was born on January 23, 1870 in Lockport, New York. He is best known for inventing the game of volleyball. He was recruited by James Naismith to play football at the YMCA training school in Springfield Massachusetts. After graduation in 1894, he went into physical education for male adults. He needed to think of a game that was less violent for older men. That is when he came up with the game of volleyball. Volleyball was first performed on December 2, 1895 in the gym class he directed. When the men he taught were bored of playing basketball, he set up a net and gave them a basketball to pat back and forth. They later began to use a softer ball, rather than a hard basketball. It was not until later