Now, for all of us who enjoys playing with a freakin' frisbee, here is some light hearted trivia:
How did the Frisbee get its name?
The Frisbee got its name from William Frisbie, who never intended to invent a popular plaything. William Frisbie was the owner of a bakeshop in Connecticut. His pies were sold in metal pans with his last name stamped on them. Eventually, some Yale college students started throwing his pie pans around like a discus, yelling "Frisbie!" as a warning. In the 1950s, when UFOs were a top topic, Walter Morrison made a flying UFO toy out of plastic (his prototype was tin) and got the Wham-O company to sell it under the name "Flyin' Saucer." On a promotional tour in Connecticut, the sales rep was shocked to discover that Yale students were ALREADY playing with a similar toy. The Yale students liked the new, plastic, more aerodynamic, disc better, but the sales rep liked the name of the metal pie tin: Frisbie. In 1959, Wham-O changed the name of its product from "Flyin' Saucer" to "Frisbee."
How did the Frisbee get its name?
The Frisbee got its name from William Frisbie, who never intended to invent a popular plaything. William Frisbie was the owner of a bakeshop in Connecticut. His pies were sold in metal pans with his last name stamped on them. Eventually, some Yale college students started throwing his pie pans around like a discus, yelling "Frisbie!" as a warning. In the 1950s, when UFOs were a top topic, Walter Morrison made a flying UFO toy out of plastic (his prototype was tin) and got the Wham-O company to sell it under the name "Flyin' Saucer." On a promotional tour in Connecticut, the sales rep was shocked to discover that Yale students were ALREADY playing with a similar toy. The Yale students liked the new, plastic, more aerodynamic, disc better, but the sales rep liked the name of the metal pie tin: Frisbie. In 1959, Wham-O changed the name of its product from "Flyin' Saucer" to "Frisbee."
