Volleyball In The 1950’S Thru 1968

Dominant Teams

  1. BERNIE HOLTZMAN & MANNY SAENZ      –           EARLY 1950’s
  2. DON MCMAHON & GENE SELZNICK        –           EARLY 1953
  3. BERNIE HOLTZMAN & GENE SELZINCK –           1955 THRU 1957
  4. RON LANG & GENE SELZNICK                   –            1958 THRU 1964
  5. RON VON HAGEN & RON LANG              –           1965 THRU 1972

Players of Note in the 1950’s

LAGUNA BEACH PLAYERS

  • PETER OTT & PHIL ANDERSON
  • GEORGE YARDLEY—1ST NBA PLAYER TO SCORE 2,000 POINTS IN A YEAR

STATE BEACH PLAYERS

  • SAM SHARGO
  • EVERT KELLER
  • DAVE KAPLAN
  • BURL SCHWARTZ
  • ALTIE COHEN
  • DICK LIVINGSTON
  • TOM HOWLETT
  • WALT SCHILLER

SORRENTO BEACH PLAYERS

  • DICK DAVIS
  • DON MCMAHON
  • MIKE HIGER
  • HENRY HITCHCOCK
  • JOHN KALIN

THESE WEREN’T ALL GREAT PLAYERS, BUT THEIR CONTRBUTIONS SHOULD NOT GO UNNOTICED.

REMEMBER IN THOSE DAYS THERE WERE ONLY 2 TO 4 TOURNMENTS A YEAR:

  1. SANTA BARBARA
  2. LAGUNA BEACH
  3. SAN DIEGO
  4. STATE BEACH

*FOR SOME INSIGHT ABOUT HERMOSA BEACH THERE WAS BEACHER ANDERSON AND HAL