Fred Morrison, inventor of the Frisbee died tuesday — it all began by tossing pie tins…
Walter Frederick Morrison
a brief history…
1937 — Morrison sells “Flyin’ Cake Pans” at Santa Monica beach for a quarter…
1946 — he returns from the war after serving in the air force and creates the “Whirlo-Way”…
1948 — fellow pilot Warren Franscioni pays for the Whirlo-Way to be made in plastic and they rename it the “Flyin’ Saucer”…
1955 — Morrison designs the “Pluto Platter” with a deeper, thicker rim…
1957 — he sells it to Wham-O and Wham-O gives it the name “Frisbee”, taken from the Frisbie Pie Company (kids were tossing around inverted pie tins and calling them “Frisbies”)
1958 — Morrison is awarded the patent and receives a million plus in royalties…
1964 — Wham-O adds flight ridges, radically improving stability and speed…
1967 — “Ultimate” is invented by New Jersey high schoolers…
1968 — the US Navy spends $400,000 studying Frisbees in wind tunnels…
1976 — the first game of “Frisbee Golf”…
