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Frisbee inventor dies

41 points by sree_nair 17y ago

nfnaaron 17y ago
You could ask for nothing more than the positive influence over millions that this man had. Not to mention all the people who suddenly had a reason to find out what a roof looks like up close.
mynameishere 17y ago
...2500 years ago.
srram 17y ago
Also gave us Frisbeetarianism-The philosophy that when you die, your soul goes up on a roof and gets stuck
jsb 17y ago
I'm big into the Ultimate (Frisbee) community and while we typically do not play with a Wham-O brand disc anymore, we do owe a lot to this man's effort to bring Frisbees into the mainstream. Thanks for everything.
- llimllib 17y ago
  ultimate coaches on HN unite! I coach UMBC :)
  - jsb 17y ago
    Awesome! I coach a local HS program in Pittsburgh and run some middle school Ultimate as well. Might have played you guys at some point, used to play for Penn State.
  - gkelly 17y ago
    I play pickup on the weekends when the weather is nice, and sometimes not so nice if I'm feeling brave.
  - garyrichardson 17y ago
    I coach at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver
  - forsaken 17y ago
    I played on the University of Mary Washington (Va) team for 2 years in college. Love the sport to death!
tbone28 17y ago
He'll be back
dandelany 17y ago
Reminds me of "Steady Ed" Headrick, the father of Frisbee golf, whose ashes were pressed into a limited run of discs after his death. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_golf#.22Steady_Ed.22_Headrick_and_the_growth_of_the_modern_game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_golf#.22Steady_Ed.22_Headr... "One of the discs that contains Headrick's ashes will be permanently placed on the roof of the center. When asked why this was to be done, by a member of the local media, PDGA Executive Director Brian Graham quoted an old Frisbee adage, 'Old Frisbee players are like old Frisbees ... They don't die, they just land up on the roof.'"
ktlane79 17y ago
I saw this on the news last night. Made me want to run thru Cheeseman barefoot hucking the 'bee' with the Siglin Brahs.
teeja 17y ago
All frisbee-playing dogs in the world have lost a hero.

41 points by sree_nair 17y ago

You could ask for nothing more than the positive influence over millions that this man had. Not to mention all the people who suddenly had a reason to find out what a roof looks like up close.

mynameishere 17y ago

...2500 years ago.

srram 17y ago

Also gave us Frisbeetarianism-The philosophy that when you die, your soul goes up on a roof and gets stuck

jsb 17y ago

I'm big into the Ultimate (Frisbee) community and while we typically do not play with a Wham-O brand disc anymore, we do owe a lot to this man's effort to bring Frisbees into the mainstream. Thanks for everything.

llimllib 17y ago
ultimate coaches on HN unite! I coach UMBC :)
- jsb 17y ago
  Awesome! I coach a local HS program in Pittsburgh and run some middle school Ultimate as well. Might have played you guys at some point, used to play for Penn State.
- gkelly 17y ago
  I play pickup on the weekends when the weather is nice, and sometimes not so nice if I'm feeling brave.
- garyrichardson 17y ago
  I coach at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver
- forsaken 17y ago
  I played on the University of Mary Washington (Va) team for 2 years in college. Love the sport to death!

tbone28 17y ago

He'll be back

dandelany 17y ago

Reminds me of "Steady Ed" Headrick, the father of Frisbee golf, whose ashes were pressed into a limited run of discs after his death. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_golf#.22Steady_Ed.22_Headrick_and_the_growth_of_the_modern_game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_golf#.22Steady_Ed.22_Headr... "One of the discs that contains Headrick's ashes will be permanently placed on the roof of the center. When asked why this was to be done, by a member of the local media, PDGA Executive Director Brian Graham quoted an old Frisbee adage, 'Old Frisbee players are like old Frisbees ... They don't die, they just land up on the roof.'"

ktlane79 17y ago

I saw this on the news last night. Made me want to run thru Cheeseman barefoot hucking the 'bee' with the Siglin Brahs.

teeja 17y ago

All frisbee-playing dogs in the world have lost a hero.