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Volleyball
Also Known As Mintonette (the sport's original 1895 name, before its renaming).
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Volleyball was invented in February 1895 by William G. Morgan, a twenty-five-year-old physical education director at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts, four years after and a few miles from James Naismith's invention of basketball. Morgan devised the game, first called Mintonette, as a less physically demanding alternative to basketball for his older members; the first Mintonette game was played in December 1895, and Dr. Alfred S. Halstead soon suggested the name volleyball, describing the object of volleying the ball over the net. The Federation Internationale de Volleyball, its international governing body, was founded in 1947.
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Origin YearMarks William G. Morgan invention of the game, first called Mintonette, at the Holyoke, Massachusetts YMCA. Originating RegionUnited States (Holyoke, Massachusetts, for William G. Morgan's 1895 invention). 1 International Governing BodyFederation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), founded 1947. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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