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First Olympic Appearance: 1964 by Gerry Brown and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? Volleyball was invented by William Morgan in 1896 in Holyoke, Mass. and was originally called "mintonette".…Knights of the Golden Circle
(Encyclopedia) Knights of the Golden Circle, secret order of Southern sympathizers in the North during the Civil War. Its members were known as Copperheads. Dr. George W. L. Bickley, a Virginian who…Confederate cruisers
(Encyclopedia) Confederate cruisers, in U.S. history, warships constituting the South's seagoing navy. At the outbreak of the Civil War the United States ranked next to Great Britain in merchant…Decatur
(Encyclopedia) Decatur. 1 City (2020 pop. 57,938), seat of Morgan co., N Ala., on the Tennessee River; inc. 1826. It has shipyards, port traffic, and…Forster, E. M.
(Encyclopedia) Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan Forster), 1879–1970, English author, one of the most important British novelists of the 20th cent. After graduating from Cambridge, Forster lived in Italy…volleyball
(Encyclopedia) volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8…Return Of Serve Leaders
Pts. Returning 1st ServePctMtchs1Alex Corretja35%622Karol Kucera34%453Carlos Moya33%714Michael Chang33%675Andrei Medvedev33%496Hicham Arazi33%487Slava Dosedel33%428Arnaud Boetsch33%329Jonas…Timeline: Women in Sports, Part 2
From Mt. Olympus to Cooperstown, N.Y. by Chris Frantz Back: B.C. to the 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s 1960 Wilma Rudolph winning at the…Seniors
All-Around Rank1Gil Morgan582Hale Irwin723Graham Marsh1074David Graham1235Ray Floyd1656John Bland1787Jay Sigel1878Bob Eastwood1949Larry Gilbert20110Bob Duval20611Vicente Fernandez20912Hugh…Fourth- & Fifth-Graders Contribute Essays to Factmonster.com
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