Three of the best-known figures in the sport are George Sappenfield, who privately called the game " Basket Frisbee ", " Steady Ed " Headrick who introduced the first formal disc golf target with chains and a basket, and Dave Dunipace who invented the modern golf disc.

Headrick, who is now regarded as the " Father of Disc Golf ", designed and installed the first standardized target course in what was then known as Oak Grove Park in La Cañada Flintridge, California.

In his book " The American Football League-A Year-by-Year History, 1960-1969 " Ed Gruver quotes Texans / Chiefs coach Hank Stram as saying that Headrick, who refused to wear hip pads, had the highest pain threshold ever seen in an athlete.

In 1975, Headrick formed the first disc golf association, the PDGA, which now officiates the standard rules of play for the sport.

While at Wham-O, Headrick redesigned the Pluto Platter reworking the rim height, disc shape, diameter, weight and plastics, creating a controllable disc that could be thrown accurately.

Headrick coined and trademarked the term " Disc Golf " when formalizing the sport and patented the Disc Pole Hole, the first disc golf target to incorporate chains and a basket on a pole.

Headrick abandoned his trademark on the term " Disc Golf ", and turned over control and administration of the PDGA to the growing body of disc golf players in order to focus on his passion for building and inventing equipment for the sport.

These consisted of a metal pipe placed on a smaller pipe that when struck with the disc made a gong type sound, while these were much more accurate than a tree, arguments and disagreements led to the invention of the Disc Pole Hole by Ed Headrick in 1975.

Headrick soon redesigned the Pluto Platter by reworking the rim thickness and top design, creating a more controllable disc that could be thrown accurately.

As of 2007, the USGPA plans to induct some of the most outstanding players into the Guts Hall of Fame, joining Fred Morrison ( inventor of the original Pluto Platter flying disc ), the Healy brothers ( inventors of guts and founders of the IFT ), and “ Steady Ed ” Headrick ( IFT champion and inventor of the standard “ pole hole ” basket used on modern disc golf courses ).

Each year, one player is selected to receive the " Steady " Ed Memorial Trophy, a lifetime achievement award dedicated to the spirit of disc golf immortal " Steady " Ed Headrick.

Headrick founded the Professional Disc Golf Association ( PDGA ), Disc Golf Association ( DGA ), and Recreational Disc Golf Association ( RDGA ) as governing bodies for professional, competitive amateur, and family-oriented play, respectively, and worked on standardizing the rules and the equipment for the quickly-growing sport.

Headrick marketed and pushed the professional model Frisbee and " Frisbee " as a sport.

Headrick patented the new design, highlighting the " Rings of Headrick " and marketed and pushed the Professional Model Frisbee and " Frisbee " as a sport.

The Clubhouse is home to the Ed Headrick Memorial Museum, which showcases many historical items from the early days of the sport including the first proto-type polehole and flying discs from the Frisbie pie pan, to the Frisbee ( c ), to today's modern high tech golf discs.

The " Steady " Ed Headrick Memorial Course, presented by the Disc Golf Association, features special edition DGA Mach III baskets on rolling terrain along the shores of scenic Clarks Hill lake ( aka Lake Thurmond ).

" Steady Ed " Headrick began thinking about the sport during his time at Wham-o toys.

In his first year with the Texans, Headrick set the standard for playing hurt, after fracturing a vertebra in his neck in a pre-game collision at Houston.

Colonel Richard T. Headrick of Irvine, CA as an efficient architectural configuration for building-integrated photovoltaics ; Hesperia, CA field array.

The man behind the Frisbee's phenomenal success, however, was Edward " Steady Ed " Headrick ( Pasadena, Cal., June 28, 1924 — La Selva Beach, Cal., August 12, 2002 ), hired in 1964 as Wham-O's new general manager and vice president in charge of marketing.

Upon his death, Headrick was cremated, and, as requested by him, his ashes were molded into memorial Frisbees and given to family and close friends.

Headrick is a town in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States.

Headrick is located at ( 34. 626785 ,-99. 138715 ).

Headrick identifies the tree which sprouts from the headdress as the Mesoamerican world tree.

# Huber R. A. & Headrick A. M. ( 1999 ).

* The Cat Who ... Quiz Book, 2003 ( ISBN 0-425-19187-7 ) by Robert J. Headrick, Jr., with introduction by Braun

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