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Vintage Volleyball. Oh my gosh....look at their shoes.....

Who invented volleyball? Where was volleyball invented? How did volleyball become the game we watch today? Learn about the history of volleyball.

This one commemorates the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Czechoslovakia came away from the ‘64 Olympics with a total of 14 medals; 5 gold, 6 silver, and 3 bronze. The men’s volleyball team received a silver medal. But it is not the Czechoslovakian men’s team on the stamp. This stamp depicts a women’s volleyball team, because Olympic women’s volleyball first debuted in 1964.

Volleyball has seen a lot throughout the years. Volleyball, or Mintonette, as it was once called, was invented by a man named William Morgan in 1895 at the Holyoke, Massachusetts, YMCA. Morgan's initial goal was to invent a sport that could be enjoyed by people of all ages and physical ability. He u

Oregon women's volleyball 1979-80. From the 1980 Oregana (University of Oregon yearbook). www.CampusAttic.com

Kids in an L.A. Park, Enjoying the Slide, 1964, Herald Examiner My fondest memories of summers in Los Angeles are of riding the bus down ...

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Mixed sports! Betty Aylsworth Fraker was one of the top female beach volleyball players during the 1950’s. She played with the top female and male players of her era as well as with various Hollywood "Stars". In the above photo, on a sunny day at Sorrento Beach, Fraker (left) watches Dave Kaplan hit one of her "Five-O"sets. Photo courtesy of Kevin Goff

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