Volleyball Hall of Fame Volleyball Hall of Fame The International Volleyball Hall of Fame (IVHF) was founded to honor extraordinary players, coaches, officials, and leaders who have made significant contributions to the game of volleyball. The Hall of Fame is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan at the local YMCA. In 1971 the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce established a committee to campaign for the founding of the Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts. In 1978, the committee incorporated as Holyoke Volleyball Hall of Fame, Inc., a nonprofit corporation established for the purpose of planning,
William Morgan (abolitionist) William Morgan (abolitionist) William Morgan (1815–c.1890) was a leading member of the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society whose members were very influential in abolitionist movements in Britain. He became the Town clerk in Birmingham and gave a collection of books to Birmingham Library. Morgan was the third son of the Reverend Thomas Morgan. Morgan was trained as a solicitor and worked in Birmingham. He was an active member of the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society which campaigned for abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1838. On the anniversary of the abolition a celebration was again held in Birmingham and it was Morgan