776 B.C.
Discus throwing becomes one of the Pentathlon events at the Greek Olympics. The winner of the event received the Discus.

1300
The popular Disc game of quoits is played in England and Scotland.

1644
Edward Frisbie of England settles in Branford,CT.

1773
The first account of trapshooting appears in a British publication calles THE SPORTING MAGAZINE. Many of the early "disc shaped" clay pigeons were designed to be thrown in a particular trajectories with a hand held launcher.

1848

William Russell Frisbie is born in Wallingford,CT.

1869

Mr.H.H.Olds hires William R. Frisbie to help sell his pies in Bridgeport, CT.

1871

The W.R. Fribie Pie Bakery is founded in Bridgeport, CT as Mr. Frisbie takes over Old's business and established routes.

1891

Mr. Charles Schwartz of Brooklyn, NY, applies for a U.S. patent for his "Spinning Toy,"(#476,825). This invention could be thrown from one person to another. However, no samples of this device have been found.

1903

Upon the death of his father, Joseph p. Frisbie becomes president of W.R. Frisbie bakery, and expands it from production of a few hundred pies a day into an enterprise with routes across much of New England. This sets the stage for Frisbie to become a widely known term that will lends its name to a developing pasttime.

1905

The W.R. Frisbie piebakery is now called The Frisbie Pie Co. and beomes a Connecticut corporation.

1910

The Frisbie Pie Company starts to use the "Frisbie's Pies" logo on its products and in advertising.

1920

Yale is credited as starting the Frisbieing craze. This could have been a public relations ploy by WhamO to associate its Pluto Platter Flying Saucer with higher learning or, possibly to steer people away from Princeton University's where "Frisbie" appeared in WhamO's claim of first use.

1922

Ten year old, Tex Robertson and neighborhood freinds in Sweetwater, TX are playing everyday flying Disc games with metal can covers.

1926

Classmates at Bladworth Elementary School located in Bladworth Saskatchewan are playing an informal game on prescribed course that they call Tin LID Golf. They are modifying the metal can cover so that it can be more easily thrown for distance with a backhanded motion.

1930

Earliest Written report (letter) of frisbie pie pan tossing at Yale University.

1936

At Princeton University, Albert Einstein stops to admire a disc throw and catch game conducted with a round metal can cover. He quoted as saying, "Very beautiful!"

1938

Campers and staff of Camp Choconut,PA are playing throw and catch games with large metal pretzel can covers.

1946

Walter (Fred) Morrison makes a drawing of the first plastic disc design that he called the "Whirlo Way." Morrison's disc design went on to become the 1948 Flyin Saucer.

1948

Arthur "Spud" Melin and Rich Knerr start Wham-O (Wam-O) Mfg. Co. by self-producing and marketing wooden sling shots.

1953

Students at Amherst College are playing frisbee football games called Phrisbee/Frisbey with a seving tray. The basic rules are similar to the modern and internationally popular game called Ultimate.

1957

Wham-O Mfg. Co. of San Gabriel, CA, markets Fred Morrison's Pluto Platter Flying Saucer. On January 23, 1957, the first of nearly 300 million Wham-O Frisbees start to fly and the craze begins.

1957

On May 10, 1957, the Yale Daily News is advertising Bill Robes' Space Saucer as "Frisbies."

1958

The first International Frisbee Tournament (IFT) is reportedly held at Eagle Harber, MI during a picnic for the Healy family and their friends. This, it is believed, begins the longest running frisbee tournament in the world.

1958

Wham-O applies for a trademark on the word "Frisbee." The application is filed on July 28, 1958. (First use, June 17, 1957; in commerce, July 8, 1957).

1967

Wham-O's International Frisbie Association is formed in the interest of promoting frisbee play. During its existence over 112,000 frisbee enthusiasts become IFA members.

1968

Students from Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ developed rules for a game they called Ultimate frisbee. This team game, today known as "Ultimate," is now played at hundreds of educational institutions and clubs around the world.

1969

"Steady Ed" Headrick ALL-Comers Meet is held at Brookside Park in Pasadena, CA. Distance, golf, accuracy and team guts are contested. Jay Shelton, the overall winner, wins the first organized frisbee golf contest. Bob May takes distance and Gary Headrick wins accuracy.

1969

The first Ultimate frisbee game is played at Columbia High School in Mapplewood, NJ. In a blow against Parliamentary procedure, the students council is defeated by the staff of the School's newspaper, The Columbian, 11 to 7.

1969

The first National Junior Frisbee Tournament is held at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Darrell Lewis wins the event and a $1000.00 U.S. Savings Bond.

1970

The Berkeley Frisbee Group (BFG) establishes a standardized 18 hole frisbee golf course on the campus of U.C. Berkeley. PLayers use man-made and natural objects as targets. Berkeley is gaining a reputation as the "Mecca of Frisbee."

1971

Bill Schneider is teaching the first accredited frisbee course at Sacramento State University in California.

1972

Bill and Mike Schneider are hired by a German company to perform frisbee demonstartions through Europe. They are the first professional players to go on tour.

1972

Goldy Norton publishes the first frisbee book entitled, The Official Handbook. (Bantam Books)

1973

Victor Malafronte wins the first freestyle "individual" event at the second annual Canadian Frisbee Championships.

1974

The first frisbee dog Championships is held at California State University at Fullerton, CA.

1974

Jim Palmeri and his brother John open the first frisbee retail store called, "The Flying Disc and Chess Shop" in Rochester, NY.

1975

The Japanese Frisbee Association is created by the Iwamoto Trading Company.

1975

The First Indoor Frisbee Distance Championships is held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Dave Johnson wins with a world record 227 feet. Monica Lou sets the women's indoor world record with a toss of 209 feet.

1975

Doctor Stancil E.D. Johnson's book, Frisbee: A Practitioner's Manual & Definitive Treatise, is published.

1976

"Steady Ed" Headrick and his son Ken invent and patent a standardized frisbee cater called a "Disc Pole Hole." In 1975, they install the first permanent disc golf course at Oak Grove Park located in La Canada, CA. During its first year of operation, nearly 5,000 people play disc golf during a given week. "Steady Ed" markets the first line of golf discs, the "Night Flyer."

1978

The Smithsonian Institution adds a frisbee display case to its "Flying For Fun" exhibit.

1978

The IFA/Wham-O Frisbee Hall of fame is established in San Gabriel, CA.

1978

The first Santa Cruz Flying Disc Classic is organized by Tom Schot. Don "The Rocket" Hoskins wins the overall. This event evolves later into Flying Disc World Championships.

1979

Wham-O and the Disc Golf Association sponsor the 50,000 Frisbee Disc Golf Tournament held at Huntington Beach, CA.In sudden death, Tom Kennedy wins the event over John Connolly.

1981

The European Flying Disc Federation is created.

1982

The first Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) World Championships is held in Charlotte, NC. Harold Duvall is the winner.

1983

Innova Champion Disc Golf markets the first beveled edge glf disc, the Eagle. The beveled edge allows for far greater throwing distances than had before been possible, radically changing the game of disc golf.

1987

The first World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) Overall Championships is held at Ft.Collins, CO. Peter Bowie of New Zealand wins the event.

1988

Snapper Pierson is the first player to win the Master overall and the WFDF (open overall) world champioships in the same year.

1989

Ultimate is a demonstration sport for the World Games held in Karlsruhe, Germany.

1990

So far, Elaine King has won five Professional World Disc Golf Championships.

1991

Wham-O sends 20,00 Frisbees to our Desert Shield troops in Saudi Arabia.

1992

World multi frisbee champion Ralph Williamson, grand collector and historian, opens the first frisbee museum in Seattle, WA.

1993

The Disc Golf Hall of Fame is established in Huntsville, AL.

1994

Mattel buys the frisbee trademark from Kransco.

1995

Scott Stockley becomes the first person to break the 200 meter distance barrier in competition.(World Record toss of 200.1 meters.)

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