The first "Frisbee" was made in 1957, based on flying disk designs which had been produced for several years. The first such flying disk was called the "Whirlo-Way" made in 1948, it was inspired by some young people who used metal pie plates as throwing toys; a practice whose beginning is not known.
Frisbie Pie Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut
The Frisbee pie company, the idea of tossing the Frisbee pie tins around as a game is what started what we now call the Frisbee flying disc
Walter Morrison invented the Frisbee. It was named for the pie company that made the pie tins that he hurled as a youth
The Frisbee pie company, the idea of tossing the Frisbee pie tins around as a game is what started what we now call the Frisbee flying disc
It was created when some kids used to get pies from the 'Frisbee bakery'. They loved them so much they would flatten the tins and throw them about, hence the name Frisbee. So they have always been called Frisbees, it just caught on.
Near the 1950s
The Frisbee came about after students discovered throwing Frisbee pie pans supplied entertainment. This led Walter Fredrick Morrison to invent and patent the first plastic Frisbee.
His pie tins
Pretty much the same as now, a plastic disc. They used pie dishes as well before.
The story is that some kids were tossing around a pie tin around and the idea was kicked off into the frisbee we know today
No, the inventors actually developed the modern day Frisbee from watching college students toss around pie tins.