Monday, July 01, 2002
Inside Spud
This, from Joey Grey of the Ultimate Players Association on the passing of Arthur Melin:
"Our own Stork (now WFDF Exec Dir), and Ed Headrick, can be credited as much or more than anyone with the idea of Frisbee as sport not toy. Ed hired Stork with this in mind. Stork then worked at Wham-O promoting the Frisbee as sport idea for over 20 years...Stork is featured on the cover of the current UPA Newsletter, as a hip youngster in 1957-8.
"The fact that disc as a sport is mentioned in Spud's obituary is very significant - a tribute to Ed and Stork's promotional work. The authors of the announcement below could have chosen any other quote instead of the one about 'Sport not toy.' Spud was a one man brainstorming session. For example, he would come into Dan's office and, without any real idea of what Dan was actually working on, say things like, 'Do you think cats might chase minis? Is there anything there? What about an edible frisbee? Do you think people would eat them?'"
"Our own Stork (now WFDF Exec Dir), and Ed Headrick, can be credited as much or more than anyone with the idea of Frisbee as sport not toy. Ed hired Stork with this in mind. Stork then worked at Wham-O promoting the Frisbee as sport idea for over 20 years...Stork is featured on the cover of the current UPA Newsletter, as a hip youngster in 1957-8.
"The fact that disc as a sport is mentioned in Spud's obituary is very significant - a tribute to Ed and Stork's promotional work. The authors of the announcement below could have chosen any other quote instead of the one about 'Sport not toy.' Spud was a one man brainstorming session. For example, he would come into Dan's office and, without any real idea of what Dan was actually working on, say things like, 'Do you think cats might chase minis? Is there anything there? What about an edible frisbee? Do you think people would eat them?'"
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