William G. Morgan been referred to as Volleyball. Morgan continued to tweak the rules of the game until July 1896, where his sport was added into the first official handbook of the North American YMCA Athletic League. On July 7, 1896, the first game of volleyball was played at Springfield College. William Morgan left his job at the YMCA in 1897 to start a new career with General Electric and Westinghouse. He stayed in touch with Springfield College and stated that he was "content in the knowledge that the game brought a richer life to millions of people throughout the world." Morgan died
William Yoast Morgan William Yoast Morgan William Yoast Morgan (born Cincinnati, Ohio April 6, 1866; died Hutchinson, Kansas, February 17, 1932) was an American newspaperman, author, and politician. He was the lieutenant governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919 serving under Governor Arthur Capper. Morgan's grandfather James Morgan emigrated from Ireland in 1847, settling in Cincinnati. Morgan's father William Albert Morgan (1841-1917) was apprenticed to a printer and then served in the Civil War. In 1871 he moved to Cottonwood Falls, Kansas and started the "Chase County Leader" newspaper, which he continued until retiring in 1903. He also served in both houses of