Who Invented Frisbee?
Many inventions only have one or two inventors but in the case of Frisbee, there are many claims or stories behind its invention. Today’s Frisbee evolved from Frisbie Baking Company’s pie tins. Some say that college students in New England played with the empty pie tins by tossing and catching it. For a clearer history of Frisbee, here are some of the highlights. 1820 – There was an undergrad Yale student named Elihu Frisbie who played with tray collections by tossing them around the campus. According to some people, ‘Frisbee’ was coined from Elihu’s last name; the ‘ie’ of Frisbie was changed to ‘ee’ and became Frisbee. Although this was the most approved claim, it still met lots of protest. 1871-1958 – as mentioned earlier, Frisbee was also believed to have originated from Frisbie Baking Company. The name of this company was engraved on the pie tins they delivered to the campuses of New England. Frisbee is then derived from the name of the pie company. Many college students loved the
