Walter Frederick Morrison was born on January 23, 1920 and passed away on February 9, 2010. He is most famous for inventing the Frisbee.

Walter came up with the idea for Frisbee while innocently throwing a popcorn can lid back and forth with his girlfriend, Lucille, whom he ended up marrying and having three children with. After denting the popcorn can lid, he realized that cake pans flew better.

A year later, while tossing the cake pan back and forth on a beach in Santa Monica, they were offered 25 cents (which is now equivalent to $5) for the cake pan. And thus, the inventor became the entrepreneur.

Together, Walter and Lucille started selling Flyin' Cake Pans on the beaches of California. It wasn't until 1946 that Walter sketched a design for the flying disc. In 1948, Warren Franscioni paid for molding the design in plastic, and together they named it the Flyin-Saucer. Unfortunately, sales weren't great, and they parted ways.

In 1955, Walter and Lucille designed the Pluto Platter, and in 1957, they sold the right to Wham-O. They changed the name to Frisbee, and the rest is history.

Walter invented many other toys and games for Wham-O, but none were as successful as the frisbee, which is still popular today, and can be found in most garages.

Walter and Lucille had a son and two daughters before divorcing, getting back together, and then divorcing again. Lucille died in 1987, and Walter lived out his days in his home in Monroe, Utah.