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Old 02-12-2010, 11:53 AM
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Fred Morrison, Inventor of the Frisbee, Passes
Flying Disc Inventor Passes Away at Age 90



Mr. Morrison never liked the Frisbee name. "He thought it didn't apply to anything," Kennedy recalled in an interview. "It was just a crazy name that didn't mean anything."
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I wonder if he will do anything like the "Father of disc golf"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jid3-XOLRo
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"I was standing there wondering why that Frisbee looked like it was getting bigger. Then it hit me."
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What would he have called it if not Frisbee? Novelty Flying Disc?
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I guess being named after a bakery wasn't his idea of a good name.
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