William G. Morgan on December 27, 1942. In 1995, The Morgan Trophy Award was created. The Award is presented annually to the most outstanding male and female collegiate volleyball player in the US. An elementary school in Holyoke, William Morgan School, bears his name. 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
P. G. Morgan P. G. Morgan Peter Gwynne Morgan is a television and film writer/producer living in Los Angeles, California. A winner of the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming for his work on "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," he is married to American documentary director Marina Zenovich. Morgan was born in Bangor, North Wales. He was educated at Henleaze School, Bristol and Penglais School, Aberystwyth, where he was a near contemporary of author Malcolm Pryce. After school, Morgan won a scholarship to read Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford. While at Oxford, Morgan was a regular contributor to "Isis"