Volleyball Hall of Fame

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The Volleyball Hall of Fame was founded to honor extraordinary players, coaches, officials, and leaders who have made significant contributions to the game of volleyball. The hall is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan at the local YMCA.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Current inductees 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

In 1971 the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce established a committee to campaign for the founding of the Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts, which is where volleyball was originally founded. In 1985, William G. Morgan, the inventor of volleyball, was posthumously inducted into the hall as its first member. A small exhibit dedicated to the history of volleyball and the hall of fame's inductees opened in a local building on June 6, 1987 with 1600 square feet of space. In 1997 the exhibit moved to a new temporary location, and is now awaiting movement to a permanent museum.^[1][2]

[edit] Current inductees

The following tables enumerate all of the inductees to the Volleyball Hall of Fame through 2005.^[1][2]

Volleyball Players, Men: Player Name Year Eugene Selznick 1988 Michael O'Hara 1989 Rolf Engen 1991 Thomas Haine 1991 Jon Stanley 1992 Ron Von Hagen 1992 Mike Bright 1993 Larry Rundle 1994 Pedro "Pete" Velasco 1997 Craig Buck 1998 Dusty Dvorak 1998 Steve Timmons 1998 Yuri Tchesnokov 2000 Charles "Karch" Kiraly 2001 Tomasz Wojtowicz 2002 Jungo Morita 2003 Sinjin Smith 2003 Josef Musil 2004 Seiji Oko 2004 Bernard Rajzman 2005 Konstantin Reva 2005 Ron Lang 2005 Stanislaw Gosciniak 2005 Volleyball Coaches: Player Name Year Harry Wilson 1988 Douglas Beal 1989 Col. Edward DeGroot 1990 James Coleman 1992 Al Scates 1993 Marv Dunphy 1994 Arie Selinger 1995 Donald Shondell 1996 Andy Banachowski 1997 Yasutaka Matsudaira 1998 Hirofumi Daimatsu 2000 Vyascheslav Platonov 2002 Givi Akhvlediani 2003 Julio Velasco 2003 Eugenio George 2005

Volleyball Players, Women: Player Name Year Flo Hyman 1988 Jane Ward 1988 Kathy Gregory 1989 Mary Jo Peppler 1990 Patty Dowdell 1994 Debbie Green 1995 Patti Bright 1996 Paula Weishoff 1998 Inna Ryskal 2000 Takako Shirai 2000 Jean Gaertner 2001 Regla Torres 2001 Lang Ping 2002 Karolyn Kirby 2004 Mireya Luis 2004 Cecilia Tait 2005 Volleyball Officials: Player Name Year Glen Davies 1989 Alton Fish 1990 Catalino Ignacio 1991 Merton H. Kennedy 1992 C.L. (Bobb) Miller 1995 Volleyball Leaders: Player Name Year William G. Morgan 1985 Harold T. Friermood 1986 Leonard Gibson 1988 George J. Fisher 1991 John Koch 1994 Robert L. Lindsey 1995 Albert Monaco Jr. 1997 Bill Baird 1998 Wilber H. Peck 1999

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Volleyhall.org: About the Volleyball Hall of Fame Volleyball Hall of Fame Official Site, 2005, retrieved April 11, 2006.
2. ^ ^{a b} HickokSports.com: History of Volleyball HickokSports.com, September 12, 2004, retrieved April 11, 2006.

[edit] See also

• Fédération Internationale de Volleyball

[edit] External links

• Official Volleyball Hall of Fame site