 charles frederick "karch" kiraly () (born november 3, 1960) is an american volleyball player, coach and broadcast announcer. considered the best volleyball player of the 20th century by fivb, he is also the only person to have won olympic gold medals in both volleyball categories: beach and indoor. the fÃ©dÃ©ration internationale de volleyball, (fivb), volleyball's highest governing body, honored kiraly as the greatest volleyball player of the 20th century. he played college volleyball for the ucla bruins and won three national championships under head coach al scates. ==early life== kiraly grew up in santa barbara, california. he began playing volleyball at age six with encouragement from his father, dr. laszlo kiraly, who had been a member of the hungarian junior national team prior to fleeing the country during the hungarian national uprising of 1956. at age 11, kiraly entered his first beach volleyball tournament paired with his father. kiraly attended santa barbara high school, where he was a member of the boys' varsity volleyball team. his father played a key role in creating the boy's volleyball program at the school. the dons of santa barbara made it to the championship game twice during kiraly's h
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