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Walter Frederick Morrison (January 23, 1920 – February 9, 2010) [1] was an American inventor and entrepreneur, who invented the Frisbee. [2] [3] [4] Early life.
Walter Frederick Morrison, the inventor of the plastic flying discs that eventually became known as the Frisbee, died at his Utah home on Tuesday. He was 90 and is survived by three children.
The Morrisons continued their business until World War II, when Walter served in the Army Air Force flying P-47s, and then was a prisoner of war. [6] After the war, Morrison sketched a design for an aerodynamically improved flying disc that he called the Whirlo-Way, [5] after the famous racehorse. He and business partner Warren Franscioni began ...
Headrick's role was to come up with new toy ideas and to come up with ways to improve toys that were not selling well. It was this job which led him to reevaluate Wham-O's flying saucer which had been created by the American Inventor Walter Frederick Morrison. Photo of Ed Headrick's Frisbee Flying Saucer Patent 3359678
Walter Frederick Morris (31 May 1892 – 1969) was an English novelist, best known for his mystery novel, Bretherton (1929), set in World War I. Life.
Walter Frederick Morrison (1920–2010), U.S. – Flying disc William Morrison (dentist) (1860–1926), U.S. – Cotton candy machine Samuel Morse (1791–1872), U.S. – early Morse code , see also Morse Code controversy
This highly publicized tournament included hula hoops as holes, with published rules, hole lengths, pars, and prizes; an event in which Walter Frederick Morrison, inventor of the Pluto Platter and Frisbee inventor "Steady"' Ed Headrick, was in attendance. [1]
Nix approached Foster and Morrison Saturday after they had allegedly stolen 10 cases of Modelo beer from the store with a total value of $232.90, according to warrants obtained by The News & Observer.