What is the history of ultimate frisbee?
Disc Golf Ed Headrick, owner of the Disc Golf Association, Inc. founded the game of Disc Golf in 1976. The sport is played by an estimated two million recreational players in the United States and increasing. Headricks inventions include the Wham-O Superball that sold over twenty-million units and the utility patent for the modern day Frisbee, which has sold over two-hundred-million units to date. Mr. Headrick led the Advertising program, New Products program, was Vice President of Research and Development, Executive Vice President, General Manager and served as CEO for Wham-O Inc. over a ten year period. The patent drawing at the top of this article is from U.S. patent 3,359,678 – issued to Headrick on December 26, 1967.
