Volleyball By HoagieMonster (Liberty Miller) Feb 9, 1895 Volleyball was invented as Mintonette by William G. Morgan Period: Feb 9, 1895 to May 15, 2015 INVENTION OF VOLLEYBALL Jan 1, 1928 The USVBA was invented to make the rules. Aug 17, 1930 First Two-person beach volleyball game was played Jan 1, 1955 in 1995, Volleyball celebrated it's 100th birthday! Jan 1, 1990 World League Was Created! Jul 7, 1996 The first official game of Volleyball was played! May 15, 2015 Today, ther is more than 800 million Volleyball players worldwide, 46 million in the U.S.