# William G. Morgan

> William George Morgan was an American sports educator and the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport. He was born in Lockport, New York, U.S.

*Inventor of volleyball*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-g-morgan

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1870-01-23
- **Died:** 1942-12-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 20.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #140

## Sources
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- [Vilyam Morqan](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilyam_Morqan)
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- [William G. Morgan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Morgan)
- [William George Morgan](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Morgan)
- [ویلیام جی. مورگان](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)
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- [William Morgan (educatore)](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morgan_(educatore))
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313949)

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