Frisbee Celebrates Its 50th Birthday

***Jolie77*** · 06-17-2007, 06:52 AM

I thought this would be interesting to share this with you all. Wow, I didn't realize frisbee was already marking it's 50th birthday.

Frisbee celebrate its 50th birthday

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Frisbee Celebrates Its 50th Birthday

(AP) SAN FRANCISCO The Frisbee is celebrating a five-decade milestone this weekend.

It was 50 years ago Sunday that Emeryville-based Wham-O changed the name of the beloved flying disc from the Pluto Platter to the Frisbee.

Frisbee is now name as synonymous with flying discs as Google is with searching on the Internet, or Kleenex is with tissue.

Frisbee's name is a spin-off from a Connecticut bakery called the Frisbie Pie Company. New England college students used to toss empty pie tins around for fun -- a habit that led them to refer to the Pluto Platter as a "frisbie."

Wham-O's co-founders obtained the marketing rights to the Pluto Platter in January 1957 and six months later changed its name to Frisbee.

Its inventor, Walter "Fred" Morrison, says he originally thought Frisbee was a terrible name. He's now 87 years old, lives in Utah and collects royalties from his invention.

LakeTahoe · 06-17-2007, 08:47 AM

WOW!!! I didn't know it has marked 50th year already!! Awesome!

I do like doing Frisbee too! It's fun when nothing to do around in the house.

Sheila · 06-17-2007, 01:30 PM

That's funny. My boyfriend and I were thinking about having a frisbee picnic today.

sequoias · 06-19-2007, 01:08 PM

Only 50 years old? I thought frisbee was invented much longer time ago. They sure invented that "late". I guess due to plastic wasn't invented not long before frisbee was invented. Since, many sport inventions were way back in late 1800's to early 1900's. Some even thousand of years ago, depending what sport it is.

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LakeTahoe ~~SUMMER!!!~~ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lost somewhere on the Earth! Posts: 11,617	WOW!!! I didn't know it has marked 50th year already!! Awesome! I do like doing Frisbee too! It's fun when nothing to do around in the house. __________________ My fairy name is Bramble Elfglitter LakeTahoe

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Sheila Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 302	That's funny. My boyfriend and I were thinking about having a frisbee picnic today. __________________ "An interpreter must give his blood to the work interpreted." -Claude Arrau Deaf Love

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sequoias Swifty the Rat Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Evergreen State Posts: 10,967	Only 50 years old? I thought frisbee was invented much longer time ago. They sure invented that "late". I guess due to plastic wasn't invented not long before frisbee was invented. Since, many sport inventions were way back in late 1800's to early 1900's. Some even thousand of years ago, depending what sport it is. __________________ created by seq

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