The origin of the Frisbee goes back to the Frisbie Baking Company around 1820. Frisbie baking company sold many pies to New England Colleges. Students soon began to realize that the pie tins could be tossed and caught. The original name for the was 'Frisbie'. It wasn't until 1948 that the Frisbee became plastic. This was created by Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni who happened to be building inspectors. Morrison changed the name of the Frisbie to the Pluto Platter to go with the new popularity of UFOs. Then a company called Wham-O (creators of Hula-Hoop, The Super Ball, and The Water Wiggle) bought out the Pluto Platter. The company then changed the name to Frisbee. Today the Frisbee is owned by Mattel Toy.
Since the invention of the Frisbee many games have been invented that involve this "device".
In 1967, students in New Jersey invented Ultimate Frisbee. A cross between football, soccer, and Basketball. Ten years later a form of Frisbee golf was invented. There are even professional courses and associations for Frisbee golf.
I was actually expecting to come across something along the lines of the Frisbee first being invented a long time ago. I was thinking along the lines of the discus or whatever it's called.
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