Walter Frederick Morrison three children. Lu died in 1987. There is a disc golf course in Holladay, Utah named in his honor. Morrison died in his home at the age of 90 on February 9, 2010. Walter Frederick Morrison Walter Frederick "Fred" Morrison (January 16, 1920 in Richfield, Utah – February 9, 2010 in Monroe, Utah) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, best known as the inventor of the Frisbee. Morrison claimed that the original idea for a flying disc toy came to him in 1937, while throwing a popcorn can lid with his girlfriend, Lu, whom he later married. The popcorn can
Thomas Platter Thomas Platter Thomas Platter the Elder (; ; 12 February 1499, Grächen, Valais – 26 January 1582, Basel) was a Swiss humanist scholar and writer. Thomas Platter (the Elder) was a master of several languages, knowing Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, among others. He grew up in poverty and, as a student, made a prolonged tour through Germany. After his return he first lived in Zürich, where he was an assistant to reformator Huldrych Zwingli. In 1531 he was an eye-witness of the Battle of Kappel, when Huldrych Zwingli was killed. Considering the political situation in Zürich after this war, he