Volleyball In The 1950’S Thru 1968
Dominant Teams
- BERNIE HOLTZMAN & MANNY SAENZ – EARLY 1950’s
- DON MCMAHON & GENE SELZNICK – EARLY 1953
- BERNIE HOLTZMAN & GENE SELZINCK – 1955 THRU 1957
- RON LANG & GENE SELZNICK – 1958 THRU 1964
- 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:
- SANTA BARBARA
- LAGUNA BEACH
- SAN DIEGO
- STATE BEACH
*FOR SOME INSIGHT ABOUT HERMOSA BEACH THERE WAS BEACHER ANDERSON AND HAL