The plastic flying saucer type toy would later be renamed after the Frisbie Baking Company as "Frisbee" - a name the inventor Fred Morrison is quoted as saying: "I thought the name was a horror. Terrible."
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
On This Day (1957) Toy Company Gains Contractual Rights to Plastic Flying Saucer Toy
While the Frisbee's Birthday is typically celebrated today, the historically accurate celebration should be the contract between the Morrisons and the toy manufacturer on January 23, 1957.
The "plastic flying saucer type toy" in the 1957 contract (above) and 1957 toy catalog was not called a Frisbee yet; it was called the Pluto Platter.
The plastic flying saucer type toy would later be renamed after the Frisbie Baking Company as "Frisbee" - a name the inventor Fred Morrison is quoted as saying: "I thought the name was a horror. Terrible."
The plastic flying saucer type toy would later be renamed after the Frisbie Baking Company as "Frisbee" - a name the inventor Fred Morrison is quoted as saying: "I thought the name was a horror. Terrible."
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