Frisbee Frenzy

The story of the Frisbee had humble beginnings in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where William Frisbie opened the Frisbie Pie Company in 1871. Kids would tosh the pie tins around (without pie filling, of course) but their flight could not be controlled. In 1948, Walter Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni invented a plastic version of the disc called the "Flying Saucer” that could fly further and more accurately than the tin pie plates. After going their separate ways, Morrison began marketing a plastic flying disc called the "Pluto Platter" in 1955. The name was an attempt to cash in on the public craze over UFOs. He sold the design to Wham-O in 1957. By 1959 Wham-O marketed a slightly modified version, and renamed it the "Frisbee." It was a huge success and a college campus necessity by the mid-1960s. Wham-O sold over 1 million in the first year.