Odyssey Insight Vol. 2 | Page 12

At his own request, Morrison was cremated and his ashes moulded into frisbees for his family.

The story of the Frisbee began in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where William Frisbie opened the Frisbie Pie company.

1947

The creator, Fred Morrison, carves his first frisbee from a solid block of material called tenite.

Yale students started to toss around a frisbee pie tin as a game.

1957

Morrison partnered up with Wham-O in the name of the pluto platter pie tin.

1940

1871

Game of Throws:

The Story Behind Frisbee

Imagine you are having a picnic in a park and you want to play frisbee- have you ever stopped to wonder the history of the sport?