# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-g-morgan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:49:21.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-g-morgan"
name: "William G. Morgan"
slug: "william-g-morgan"
description: "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."
tagline: "Inventor of volleyball"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_G._Morgan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1870-01-23"
deathDate: "1942-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.78284933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 140
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    title: "Վիլյամ Մորգան"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump