Sports & opening doors
William G. Morgan
1870–1942
Massachusetts connection
Holyoke
Morgan invented volleyball at the Holyoke YMCA in 1895. He first called the game mintonette. Like basketball, volleyball grew from a Massachusetts experiment into an international sport. Comparing the games helps us ask how a designer changes rules to fit players’ needs.
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