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

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.

By 1977, the city of Holyoke installed signs declaring the location as the "Home of the Volleyball Hall of Fame". However, the advertised attraction was merely a small display case of memorabilia that alternated between being hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and Wistariahurst Museum. In 1978, the committee incorporated as Holyoke Volleyball Hall of Fame, Inc., a nonprofit corporation established for the purpose of planning, promoting, establishing and maintaining a living memorial to the sport of volleyball. The name of the corporation was changed to the International Volleyball Hall of Fame by resolution of the Board of Directors on July 17, 2014.

A small exhibit dedicated to the history of volleyball and the hall of fame's inductees opened in a section of the renovated Skinner Mill Warehouse on June 6, 1987 - a building built in 1949 to store silk fabric produced by the famous Skinner Mill in Holyoke. The mill itself was destroyed by fire in 1980.

In 1998, the exhibit was expanded and moved to a permanent location in the Skinner Mill Warehouse in downtown Holyoke's Heritage State Park sharing the building with the Holyoke Children's Museum.

The IVHF museum now features exhibits honoring each year's inductees, a replica of a full-size volleyball court, sport timelines, photos, and unique and meaningful memorabilia of the sport along with an interactive video kiosk, a special inductee display area, and a gift shop.

In 1985, William G. Morgan (inventor of volleyball) was posthumously inducted into the hall as its first member. As of 2025, a total of 185 men and women from 28 countries around the world have been inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.

Inductees by category The following tables, pre-sorted chronologically, enumerate all of the inductees to the Volleyball Hall of Fame through 2025.

Male volleyball players (71 people) 1988–1999 (13 people) Year Name Born Nationality Category (position) Major achievements ref. 1988 Eugene Selznick March 19, 1930 Indoor / Beach Indoor player: FIVB World Championship: 1956 – 6th, 1960 – 7th. 1989 Michael O'Hara September 15, 1932 Indoor / Beach Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1964 – 9th. FIVB World Championship: 1960 – 7th. 1991 Rolf Engen August 5, 1929 Indoor Indoor player: FIVB World Championship: 1956 – 6th. 1991 Thomas Haine January 6, 1933 Indoor Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1968 – 7th (Captain). 1992 Ron Von Hagen November 26, 1938 Beach 1992 Jon Stanley July 6, 1943 Indoor (outside hitter) Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1968 – 7th. 1993 Mike Bright November 3, 1937 Indoor Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1964 – 9th, 1968 – 7th. FIVB World Championship: 1960 – 7th. 1994 Larry Rundle November 18, 1944 Indoor / Beach Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1968 – 7th. 1997 Pedro Velasco April 6, 1937 Indoor Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1964 – 9th (Captain), 1968 – 7th. 1998 Craig Buck August 24, 1958 Indoor (middle blocker) Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1984 – st, 1988 – st. FIVB World Championship: 1986 – st. FIVB World Cup: 1985 – st. 1998 Dusty Dvorak July 29, 1958 Indoor (setter) Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1984 – st. FIVB World Championship: 1986 – st. FIVB World Cup: 1985 – st. 1998 Steve Timmons November 29, 1958 Indoor Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1984 – st, 1988 – st, 1992 – rd. FIVB World Championship: 1986 – st. FIVB World Cup: 1985 – st.Most Valuable Player of the 1984 Olympic tournament. 1999 James G. Wortham January 5, 1910 Indoor

2000–2009 (22 people) Year Name Born Nationality Category (position) Major achievements ref. 2000 Yuri Chesnokov January 22, 1933 Indoor Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1964 – st. FIVB World Championship: 1960 – st, 1962 – st.Head coach of the (1971–1976): Olympic Games: 1972 – rd, 1976 – nd. FIVB World Championship: 1974 – nd.He was a former FIVB Vice President (1976–1978, 1980–1992, 1996–1998). 2000 Harold Wendt May 4, 1915 Indoor 2001 Karch Kiraly November 3, 1960 Indoor (outside hitter) / Beach Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1984 – st, 1988 – st (Captain). FIVB World Championship: 1986 – st. FIVB World Cup: 1985 – st.Beach player: Olympic Games: 1996 – st.Most Valuable Player of the 1988 Olympic tournament.Head coach of the (2012–present): Olympic Games: 2016 – rd. FIVB World Championship: 2014 – st. FIVB World Cup: 2015 – rd.He is the first and only player (man or woman) to have won Olympic gold medals in both the indoor and beach volleyball categories.He is the first and only male (indoor or beach) volleyball player to have won three Olympic gold medals.He is one of the few persons to have won FIVB World Championship gold medals as a player and as a head coach. 2002 Tomasz Wójtowicz September 22, 1953 Indoor (middle blocker) Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1976 – st, 1980 – 4th. FIVB World Championship: 1974 – st, 1982 – 6th. 2003 Jungo Morita August 9, 1947 Indoor (middle blocker) Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1968 – nd, 1972 – st. FIVB World Championship: 1966 – 5th, 1970 – rd. FIVB World Cup: 1969 – nd, 1977 – nd. 2003 Sinjin Smith May 7, 1957 Beach Beach player: Olympic Games: 1996 – 5th. 2004 Josef Musil July 3, 1932 Indoor (setter) Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1964 – nd, 1968 – rd. FIVB World Championship: 1952 – nd, 1956 – st, 1960 – nd, 1962 – nd, 1966 – st. 2004 Seiji Oko February 15, 1948 Indoor Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1968 – nd, 1972 – st, 1976 – 4th. FIVB World Championship: 1970 – rd. FIVB World Cup: 1969 – nd.Head coach of the (1984, 1992): Olympic Games: 1984 – 7th, 1992 – 6th. 2005 Stanisław Gościniak February 18, 1944 Indoor (setter) Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1968 – 5th, 1972 – 9th. FIVB World Championship: 1970 – 5th, 1974 – st.Head coach of the (1986–1987, 2003–2004): Olympic Games: 2004 – 5th. FIVB World Championship: 1986 – 9th. 2005 Ron Lang February 5, 1937 Indoor / Beach Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1964 – 9th. 2005 Bernard Rajzman April 25, 1957 Indoor Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1984 – nd. FIVB World Championship: 1982 – nd. FIVB World Cup: 1981 – rd. 2005 Konstantin Reva April 10, 1921 Indoor Indoor player: FIVB World Championship: 1949 – st, 1952 – st, 1956 – rd. 2006 Bernie Holtzman N/A Beach 2006 Edward Skorek June 13, 1943 Indoor Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1968 – 5th, 1972 – 9th, 1976 – st (Captain). FIVB World Championship: 1966 – 6th, 1970 – 5th, 1974 – st (Captain). FIVB World Cup: 1965 – nd. 2007 Bob Ctvrtlik July 8, 1963 Indoor (outside hitter) Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1988 – st, 1992 – rd (Captain), 1996 – 9th. FIVB World Championship: 1986 – st. 2007 Andrea Gardini October 1, 1965 Indoor (middle blocker) Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1996 – nd, 2000 – rd. FIVB World Championship: 1990 – st, 1994 – st, 1998 – st. FIVB World Cup: 1989 – nd, 1995 – st. 2007 Dimitar Zlatanov November 9, 1948 Indoor Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1972 – 4th, 1980 – nd. FIVB World Championship: 1970 – nd. 2008 Andrea Giani April 22, 1970 Indoor (middle blocker) Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1988 – 9th, 1992 – 5th, 1996 – nd, 2000 – rd, 2004 – nd. FIVB World Championship: 1990 – st, 1994 – st, 1998 – st. FIVB World Cup: 1995 – st, 1999 – rd, 2003 – nd.Most Valuable Player of the 1995 FIVB World Cup.Head coach of the (2015–2017).Head coach of the (2017–present).He is a rare five-time Olympian as a player. 2008 Yuri Poyarkov February 10, 1937 Indoor Indoor player (representing ): Olympic Games: 1964 – st, 1968 – st, 1972 – rd. FIVB World Championship: 1960 – st, 1962 – st. FIVB World Cup: 1965 – st. 2008 Randy Stoklos December 13, 1960 Beach 2009 Ivan Bugajenkov February 18, 1938 Indoor Indoor player (representing ): Olympic Games: 1964 – st, 1968 – st. FIVB World Championship: 1960 – st, 1962 – st. FIVB World Cup: 1965 – st.Head coach of the (1993). 2009 Siegfried Schneider November 12, 1939 Indoor Indoor player: Olympic Games: 1968 – 4th, 1972 – nd. FIVB World Championship: 1970 – st. FIVB World Cup: 1969 – st.

2010–2019 (22 persons)