William G. Morgan Physical Education. Dr. Gulick was so pleased that he asked Morgan to present his sport at the school's new stadium. In preparation for his big debut, Morgan created 2 teams of 5 men, who would help in demonstrating “Mintonette” in front of the conference delegates in the East Gymnasium at Springfield College. On February 9, 1895, William Morgan presented his new sport to the world. When Morgan was explaining the game before the demonstration, he named a few key guidelines in the game of “Mintonette” such as that the game was created so that it could be played in open
William Duthie Morgan William Duthie Morgan General Sir William Duthie Morgan GCB DSO MC (15 December 1891 – 13 May 1977) was a British Army officer active during World War I and later in World War II where he commanded the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Morgan, he was the son of Alexander Morgan FRSE and his wife Isobel Duthie. The family initially lived at 63 Warrender Park Road in the Marchmont district then moved to 1 Midmar Gardens in the south-west. William was educated at George Watson's College and entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and was commissioned as