For those not familiar, Frisbee is actually a proper noun. The product's story began in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where ...

Frat-house frolics became a national obsession when Wham-O Manufacturing Co. of California began producing the Pluto Platter — soon renamed the Frisbee — on this day in history, Jan. 23, 1957. "The ...

The origins of the frisbee date back to 1871 at William Frisbie’s “Frisbie Pie Company.” ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. With its aerodynamic attributes and colorful ...

The company sold balls that could bounce over houses, flying discs that looked like UFOs, flexible foam boards for beach acrobatics and a slippery water slide that somehow worked on lawns. But for one ...

Balls, hoops, slingshots are some of the oldest known toys. Also some of the simplest. No batteries, computer skills or assembly required. But make them out of sturdy polyethylene, color them boldly, ...

On January 23, 1957, machines at the Wham-O toy company roll out the first batch of their aerodynamic plastic discs—now known to millions of fans all over the world as Frisbees. The story of the ...