William G. Morgan older members of the YMCA but one that still required athletic skill. Later Alfred S. Halstead watched it being played and renamed it "Volleyball", because the point of the game is to volley the ball back and forth over the net. In 1985, he was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame as the inaugural member. William George Morgan graduated high school at Northfield Mount Hermon School and moved on to attend the YMCA International Training School (Later renamed Springfield College) in Massachusetts with James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. Both Morgan and Naismith pursued careers in Physical Education at
William Morgan (of Dderw) sat until his death in 1649. In February 1649 information was laid against him that he had supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War, raising money and arms for the king and sitting in the King's parliament in Oxford. Morgan died in 1649 and was buried in the Priory Church, Brecon. Morgan married Elizabeth Morgan, daughter of Sir William Morgan of Tredegar. His son William was High Sheriff in 1655. He was the father-in-law of William Morgan (of Machen and Tredegar). William Morgan (of Dderw) William Morgan (died 1649) was a Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the