Ed Headrick, inventor of Frisbee golf, requested to have his ashes mixed with plastic and made into a memorial frisbee. The Steady Ed Memorial Discs are still available for sale, with proceeds going to the Ed Headrick Memorial Museum. Frisbee was originally called Pluto Platter and the name “Frisbee” comes from a bakery in Connecticut.
When it comes to dying wishes, some people have made quite strange requests about what to do with their remains. Some people want to be buried in their favorite car. Others have items of personal significance buried with them, like a CD of favorite music. A strange request came from Ed Headrick, the inventor of Frisbee golf (also known as disc golf). According to his family, Headrick asked to be cremated and his ashes mixed with plastic and molded into a memorial frisbee. When Headrick died in 2002, that dying wish came true and a very special line of commemorative frisbees were produced, incorporating Headrick’s ashes. in the plastic. Steady Ed Memorial Discs are still available for sale at the Disc Golf Association’s online store. All proceeds from the commemorative frisbees go to the Ed Headrick Memorial Museum, part of the PDGA International Disc Golf Center in Appling, Georgia. Before he died, Headrick also made it clear that he didn’t want a funeral. He said that if there was going to be a party, he wanted to attend, so his family threw “Steady” Ed Headrick a big party shortly before his death.
Frisbee Fun Facts:
The Frisbee’s original name was Pluto Platter, and then Flying Saucer, inspired by the UFO craze of the 1950s and 1960s.
The Wham-O Company estimates that approximately 1960 million Frisbees have been sold since the mid-1900s.
The name “Frisbee” purportedly comes from the Frisbie Bakery in Bridgeport, Connecticut, whose cake pans could also be used as flying saucers.
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