<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Mary King Caldwell (divorced) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> William George Morgan (January 23, 1870--December 27, 1942) was 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, US . </P> <P> He met James Naismith, inventor of basketball, while Morgan was studying at Springfield College in 1892 . Like Naismith, Morgan pursued a career in Physical Education at the YMCA . Influenced by Naismith and basketball, in 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Morgan invented "Mintonette" a less vigorous team sport more suitable for older members of the YMCA but one that still required athletic skill . Later Alfred S. Halstead watched it being played and renamed it "Volleyball", because the point of the game is to volley the ball back and forth over the net . </P>

Who is said be the father of volleyball