It had to be a sport, Morgan said, 'with a strong athletic impulse, but no physical contact.' It had to be physical - playing a game, after work and at lunch time, should provide exercise, but it also had to relax the participants - it couldn't be too aggressive. He needed an alternative - something these older gentlemen could play - something without too much 'bumping' or 'jolting'. The newly created game of basketball, while popular with the kids, was proving to be too strenuous for the local businessmen. William Morgan arrived at the Holyoke YMCA in September or October of 1895 and the new physical director had a problem. The following year he accepted a similar post in Holyoke, Mass., and it was here the story of Volleyball began.

In 1894, after graduation, Morgan accepted the position of physical director of the Auburn, Maine YMCA. Stagg, one of the 'Grand Old Men of Football'. While at Springfield, Morgan participated on the college's famous football team which played championship ball under the leadership of Alonzo A. Naismith was impressed with young Morgan's athletic skills and encouraged Morgan to continue his education at the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts (now called Springfield College). Naismith, who was destined to be the originator of basketball. Hermon Preparatory School in Northfield, Massachusetts, and it was there he developed a friendship with James A. Morgan spent his childhood years attending public school and working at his father's boat yard on the banks of the Old Erie Canal. Morganīorn in 1870 at Lockport, New York, William G.

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