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History of the Frisbee

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:21.
  • Biographical
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Non-Profit
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://www.ultimatehandbook.com/Webpages/History/histdisc.html

Author: 
Jeff McMahon
Excerpt: 

Two men held a circle of plastic over a heater in a San Luis Obispo garage in 1948, trying to mold a lip onto the disc's down-turned edge. One of those men would be hailed as the inventor of the Frisbee. The other would die unknown, just as he began to fight for a share of the credit and millions in royalties the Frisbee generated.

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