Frisbee

1926

In 1926, In Bladworth, Saskatchewan, Canada, Ronald Gibson and a group of his Bladworth Elementary school chums played a game using metal lids, they called "Tin Lid Golf." In 1976, the game of disc golf was standardized with targets called "pole holes" invented and developed by Wham-O's Ed Headrick. Freestyle competition In 1974, freestyle competition was created and introduced by Ken Westerfield and Discraft's Jim Kenner.

1937

This protection results in organized sports such as ultimate or disc golf having to forgo use of the word "Frisbee". ==History== Walter Frederick Morrison and his future wife Lucile had fun tossing a popcorn can lid after a Thanksgiving Day dinner in 1937.

1948

He and business partner Warren Franscioni began producing the first plastic discs by 1948, after design modifications and experimentation with several prototypes.

1950

The object is to advance the disc on the field of play by passing, and score points by throwing the flying disc to a teammate in a small scoring area. Guts The game of guts was invented by the Healy Brothers in the 1950s and developed at the International Frisbee Tournament (IFT) in Eagle Harbor, Michigan.

1955

He discovered that he could produce his own disc more cheaply, and he designed a new model in 1955 called the Pluto Platter, the archetype of all modern flying discs.

1957

A frisbee (pronounced , origin of the term dates to 1957, also called a flying disc or simply a disc) is a gliding toy or sporting item that is generally made of injection-molded plastic and roughly in diameter with a pronounced lip.

He sold the rights to Wham-O on January 23, 1957.

Design Patent for his product. In Nov 1957, in what may be the 1st rock musical ever performed ("Anything & Everything"), written by visionary pioneer of information technology Ted Nelson (Theodor H.

1958

In 1958, Morrison was awarded U.S.

1960

The game ends when a team scores exactly 21 points or "chogs" the disc for an instant win. Ultimate The most widely played disc game began in the late 1960s with Joel Silver and Jared Kass.

1964

In 1964, the first professional model went on sale.

1970

In the 1970s it developed as an organized sport with the creation of the Ultimate Players Association by Dan Roddick, Tom Kennedy and Irv Kalb.

1974

Before these tournaments, the Frisbee was considered a toy and used for recreation. Double disc court Double disc court was invented and introduced in 1974 by Jim Palmeri, a sport played with two flying discs and two teams of two players.

In 1926, In Bladworth, Saskatchewan, Canada, Ronald Gibson and a group of his Bladworth Elementary school chums played a game using metal lids, they called "Tin Lid Golf." In 1976, the game of disc golf was standardized with targets called "pole holes" invented and developed by Wham-O's Ed Headrick. Freestyle competition In 1974, freestyle competition was created and introduced by Ken Westerfield and Discraft's Jim Kenner.

1976

In 1926, In Bladworth, Saskatchewan, Canada, Ronald Gibson and a group of his Bladworth Elementary school chums played a game using metal lids, they called "Tin Lid Golf." In 1976, the game of disc golf was standardized with targets called "pole holes" invented and developed by Wham-O's Ed Headrick. Freestyle competition In 1974, freestyle competition was created and introduced by Ken Westerfield and Discraft's Jim Kenner.

2007

"That got the wheels turning, because you could buy a cake pan for five cents, and if people on the beach were willing to pay a quarter for it, well—there was a business," Morrison told The Virginian-Pilot newspaper in 2007. The Morrisons continued their business until World War II, when he served in the Army Air Force flying P-47s, and then was a prisoner of war.




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