When Was the Frisbee Invented?
Here are some highlights in the history of Frisbee. 1820 Elihu Frisbie, an undergraduate student of Yale, was said to be the first person who has thrown a Frisbee and this is when it was first said to be invented. He was using a collection tray he found at the chapel and tossed it around campus. The name Frisbee was said to be coined after his last name. This won Yale the glory of inventing the Frisbee but this claim met a lot of protest and argument. 1871-1958 A baking company in Connecticut made their pies with a pie tin that has the name of their company engraved at the bottom. The name of their company was Frisbie, thus another claim to owning the name Frisbee. The pies were said to be the favourite of the college students around New England and it was said that after devouring the pies, the students clowned around and tossed the pie tins in the air, catching and tossing it back. The game could kill hours of their time and it spread around as a fun game to play; this was also said
