Sad day for Disc Golf enthusiasts

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Fred Morrison, Creator of a Popular Flying Plate, Dies at 90

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/13/us/13morrison.html

 

In 2010

 

Still hurts.

The Frisbee, a California invention, turned 60 this week.
The graceful flying disc was dreamed up by Fred Morrison, who as a teenager in 1930s Southern California had tossed around cake pans for fun.
Later, after serving as a pilot in World War II, Mr. Morrison created a series of discs that culminated in a plastic version called the Pluto Platter.
He sold it to Wham-O, a toy company based then in San Gabriel, which rolled out its first batch on Jan. 23, 1957.
The company renamed them Frisbees after the Frisbie Pie Company in Connecticut, where college students made a game of tossing the pies’ tin lids.
The Frisbee became popular and spawned a number of sports.
Among the most popular were ultimate Frisbee, a sort of cross between soccer and football, and disc golf, which involves sending the discs into metal baskets.
Stancil Johnson, a pioneer of disc golf, said there are now thousands of courses all over the world. (Considered among the best is Santa Cruz’s Delaveaga Disc Golf Course, which sits in a tree-filled park overlooking Monterey Bay.)
Asked to explain the sport’s appeal, Mr. Johnson, 83, told a story about how Albert Einstein had once paused while walking home from Princeton University to watch people throwing a disc.
As Einstein walked away, someone overheard him say, “Very beautiful.”
“And I’ve had the same feeling my entire life,” Mr. Johnson said. “It’s just a beautiful event watching a Frisbee fly.”

The pain never really leaves. Glad you understand, Hoover. 

I light a candle for him every year.  I also have one of the limited edition discs containing his ashes.

Now that's deadication. 

Talk about a slow troll

Hounder, do you share Einstein's appreciation for the beauty of flying discs?

Six years I've been trying to put this sadness behind me.

I think he was probably more of a slinky man. Potential energy and all that

>> I also have one of the limited edition discs containing his ashes.

That's Ed Headrick, not Fred Morrison. (And no I didn't have to look it up)

The Morrison ones are even more of a limited edition.

I'm sorry to reignite this, 6.  At least Dogman isn't here this time (or is he?).