Frisbee | New England’s Gifts
1871 year when Frisbie Pie Company was founded in Bridgeport, CT 3 disc toys invented by Fred Morrison before the Frisbee (Whirlo-Way, Pluto Platter, Flyin-Saucer) seven players on an Ultimate Frisbee teamGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) 100,000,000 Frisbees manufactured 1957–1994 80+ countries in which Ultimate Frisbee is played 74 mph […]
By Julia Shipley|Aug 06 2015|
1871
year when Frisbie Pie Company was founded in Bridgeport, CT
3 disc toys invented by Fred Morrison before the Frisbee (Whirlo-Way, Pluto Platter, Flyin-Saucer)
seven players on an Ultimate Frisbee team
100,000,000 Frisbees manufactured 1957–1994
80+ countries in which Ultimate Frisbee is played
74 mph fastest Frisbee throw, according to Guinness World Records
65 dollar price on eBay for an original Frisbie pie plate
25 cents offered to Fred Morrison for the cake pan he was tossing on a Santa Monica beach in 1938
1920 year when Yalies began flinging their pie plates to one another
221 pages in Frisbee: A Practitioner’s Manual and Definitive Treatise
1100 unique flying-disc specimens in Richard Pancoast’s basement collection in Stratford, CT
443 feet farthest Frisbee toss, according to Guinness World Records
