GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball

Greg Lee Interview - Part 2

Greg discusses:  His first trip in 1970 to Sorrento Beach in the spring as a young kid at UCLA  during a "June Gloom" day and meeting Ron Von Hagen, Tom Chamales, and Jim Menges by the Sorrento wall when the beach was empty except for them on that day, and how those 3 players (aside from his brother Jon)  shaped his volleyball career....,  His classic memories of seeing Bob Vogelsang at the beach doing things only Vogie could do, an invaluable lesson he learned from Coach Wooden on how to put your socks and shoes on right, Von Hagen's stories at Sorrento about Bill Russell, and how the lessons he learned from coach Wooden and Ron Von Hagen about fundamentals shaped his volleyball career,  the 88 game win streak he was a part of playing at UCLA for coach Wooden,  how much he respected the team of Lang and Von Hagen, including the first time he beat Von Hagen alongside Bobby Jones during a practice game on a Monday after a tournament and he dug a Von Hagen hit off his knee to win on a fluke play when it landed in the backcourt for match point, and epic match he and his brother Jon Lee played against young teenagers Mark Eller and Randy Stoklos, the transition he went through from being a talented NCAA champion basketball player at UCLA to becoming a great player on the beach with Jim Menges, his memories of the legendary players he played with and against early on:  Jon Lee, Ron Lang, Ron Von Hagen, Matt Gage, Mike Stormin' Normand, Jim Menges, and  how he and Jim Menges' partnership came to be, and which beaches had the hottest women and WHO pulled the most chicks!!!!  OB!