Volleyball Association Certificate of Appreciation to William G. Morgan
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- 1951-05-08
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Morgan invented the game of volleyball while working as a physical director at the Holyoke YMCA in Holyoke, MA. Morgan, a graduate of Springfield College (then the International YMCA Training School), Class of 1894, recognized the need to create a game that was less strenuous than basketball for the middle aged businessmen that attended the YMCA. The came, originally called "mintonette", combined elements of basketball and badminton. The first official game debuted at a Physical Director's Conference at Springfield College in 1896. It was there that the name was changed to volleyball upon the suggestion of one of Morgan's former professors, Alfred T. Halsted. Morgan left the YMCA in 1897 to begin work with General Electric and Westinghouse but maintained his ties to the college and the game he created. Morgan died in 1942 at the age of 72.
This certificate is found in a gold frame within the collection. However the scanned image is of the certificate alone and was scanned through the glass front.
A certificate given posthumously to William G. Morgan by the United States Volley Ball Association (USVBA) in recognition of his "notable and generous contribution." The certificate, dated May 8, 1951, is framed and signed by the President of the USVBA, George J. Fisher and Secretary, Harold T. Friermood.
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United States Volley Ball Association
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- Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
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- College Archives Digital Collections
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- Springfield College
- Subjects
- International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Volleyball--History
Springfield College
Morgan, William G
Fisher, George J
Friermood, Harold T
United States Volleyball Association
Volleyball
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- English
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- United States Volley Ball Association. Volleyball Association Certificate of Appreciation to William G. Morgan. 1951-05-08. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/451. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- United States Volley Ball Association, (1951-05-08) Volleyball Association Certificate of Appreciation to William G. Morgan. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/451
- MLA citation style
- United States Volley Ball Association. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/451>.