Posted on 02/11/2010 5:14:27 PM PST by NormsRevenge
MONROE, Utah – Walter Fredrick Morrison, the man credited with inventing the Frisbee, has died. He was 90.
State Rep. Kay McIff, an attorney who once represented Morrison in a royalties case, says Morrison died at his home Tuesday. McIff is from Richfield, Morrison's original hometown.
Morrison sold the production and manufacturing rights to his "Pluto Platter" in 1957. The plastic flying disc was later renamed the "Frisbee," with sales surpassing 200 million discs. It is now a staple at beaches and college campuses across the country and spawned sports like Frisbee golf and the team sport Ultimate.
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When I was a kid, had one of the original “Pluto Platters” with the planets all molded around it. God knows what that thing would be worth today, don’t really want to know...........
I heard it was originally a pie tin from Frisbee bakery or some such ....hence the name ...
He’ll be back.
I invented the half-court game of Ultimate Frisbee, which you play in a yard with a 10’ by 10’ box as a goal in the center of the yard. When a team takes possession they must “clear” the Frisbee to the outer edge of the yard before attempting to score inside the box.
That’s what I remember as well. In fact, I am almost sure I remember a pic of the pie plate with the word “Frisbee” on it.
Back to the Future III
For those of us who are retired, Frisbee Golf is fun and good exercise.
Around here , it is free at state and city parks.
Strictly speaking it is called disk golf.
Disks cost maybe $15
When he died, the doctor looked at him and said “WHAMMO!”.
Nothing is better however than having a dog that will play frisbee with you.
Ha! I think you are right.
A late 1950's Whirley Whirler.
It came with a wooden dowel, with a point on one end, that you spun under the disc rim to build up speed (where it bends up) and then let it spin on the pointed part of the stick in the center point of the disc.
Longevity of rotation with out "re-charging" was usually declared the winner in a multiple contest of my peers.
......Nothing is better however than having a dog that will play frisbee with you. .....
Except a three year old grandson who has had a real frisbee golf target in his back yard since birth and who runs to the bushes and throws his disk in, emulating grandad
Also, Jonathan Winters played “Grandma Frisbee” on his TV show ... my dad gets all these old TV shows and JW is one of his fav. comedians ... but I read where these kids would toss those pie tins around from the bakery ...
I had one of those, too. We spun it on the stick until our hands were raw from slapping it. Fun!
Been 50 odd years since I had mine, red as I recall, so I can’t remember if is had “Wham-O” on it then or not. Could ell have, know I had a big ol’ Wham-O slingshot not too long after.
2,000 years of tossing a Frisbee around.
Did you also invent the internet?
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