History
The flying disc was invented in 1948 by Walter Morrison. In 1957 January 13, Wham-O bought the rights to the invention and released it later under the trademarked name Frisbee. The game of Ultimate, the most widely played disc game, was developed in the late 1960s by Joel Silver and Jared Kass. In 1974, Freestyle competition is introduced by Ken Westerfield and Discrafts Jim Kenner. In 1976, the game of Disc golf was developed by Ed Headrick.
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