This is one in a series previewing the inductees going into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on Saturday. The “original” “Zorro” was a fictional character, created in 1919, typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante who defends the commoners against tyrannical officials. He was the precursor to many of the superheroes of the last century.

Now, 70 or so years later, it was no surprise that the Italian opposite Andrea Zorzi was bequeathed with the nickname of Zorro. After all, Zorzi had the “matinee idol” looks, and the high-level skills to match his namesake. Andrea Zorzi becomes the fourth player of that seminal Italian national team from the early 1990s to be inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.