William G. Morgan the basketball bladder was too light. After testing all of the balls he had available, he had come to the conclusion that his best option was to ask A.G. Spalding & Bros. to make him a ball. A young A.G. Spalding & Bros. equipment designer and master marine cloth tailor, Dale Callaghan, developed and produced the first prototype volleyball. Morgan was very pleased with Spalding & Bros. work. They created Morgan the perfect ball for his sport, which was covered in leather, with the circumference of 25–27 inches. The ball was also the perfect weight for Morgan's sport. The ball
Peter G. Morgan (politician) the Virginia House of Delegates, for 1869/70, and 1870/71. Morgan was initially prosperous during the post war years, but he lost his savings in a failed bank. Nevertheless, he was able to leave his Petersburg house and lot bought in 1871 to his children. Peter G. Morgan died in 1890 at Lawrenceville, Virginia, in the home of his daughter. She was the wife of the president of Saint Paul’s College, affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Peter G. Morgan (politician) Peter G. Morgan (October 21, 1817 – March 15, 1890), born enslaved, after the American Civil War became a nineteenth-century African-American