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
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"