Walter Frederick Morrison (January 23, 1920 – February 9, 2010) [1] was an American inventor and entrepreneur, who invented the Frisbee. [2][3][4] Walter Fredrick "Fred" Morrison was …

Jan 23, 2025 · Though sales of Frisbees remained steady, it wasn’t until Wham-O hired toy inventor Ed Headrick in 1964 as head of research and development that the flying disc really …

Feb 2, 2024 · Its creator, Walter Morrison, left an everlasting mark on the world not only through his invention but also in the unique manner in which he was laid to rest. When Morrison …

Jan 23, 2015 · F red Morrison never liked the name “Frisbee,” but he stopped complaining after sales began to soar. The flying disc was Morrison’s invention, first sold by the Wham-O toy …

Oct 12, 2019 · College students first used pie tins as flying toys, leading to the creation of the Frisbee. Walter Morrison and Warren Franscioni made a plastic flying disc, starting the …

Nov 24, 2009 · A company designer, Ed Headrick, patented the design for the modern Frisbee in December 1967, adding a band of raised ridges on the disc’s surface–called the Rings–to …

Wham-O founders Arthur “Spud” Melin and Richard Knerr (creators of the Hula Hoop) bought rights to the toy in 1955, and renamed it “Frisbee” in 1958. Sales soared, reaching 100 million …

The game soared in popularity, with Wham-O toy inventor Ed Headrick and other enthusiasts founding the International Frisbee Association in 1967.

The Frisbee was created by an American inventor, Walter Frederick Morrison, in 1948. Fred Morrison and his wife liked to play by throwing upside-down cake pans to each other on the …

Aug 2, 2024 · Walter Frederick Morrison conceived of a leisure-time flying disc on a California beach in 1937. He made the Frisbee a reality after serving heroically in World War II.