William G. Morgan William G. Morgan 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. He was born in Lockport, New York, US. He met James Naismith, inventor of basketball, while Morgan was studying at Springfield College in 1892. Like Naismith, Morgan pursued a career in Physical Education at the YMCA. Influenced by Naismith and basketball, in 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Morgan invented "Mintonette" a less vigorous team sport more suitable for
William S. Morgan Morgan, and his son David Morgan. William S. Morgan William Stephen Morgan (September 7, 1801 – September 3, 1878) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. Born in Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Morgan attended the public schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits at White Day, Virginia. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress. Morgan was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1839). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Twenty-fifth Congress). He declined