Game dedicated to Richard Knerr
By admin • Feb 4th, 2008 • Category: Game, NewsTomorrow’s game will be dedicated to Richard Knerr, co-founder of Wham-O.
“Knerr and his boyhood friend Arthur “Spud” Melin founded Wham-O n Pasadena in 1948. Later the company moved to its current home in Emeryville. According to the LA Times obituary, the best friends named the company after the sound their first product, a slingshot, made when it hit its target.”
Wham-O’s iconic products include the Frisbee, Hula-Hoops, Super Ball and million more things that provided provide immense entertainment to all of us.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/01/14/daily38.html
So be there, 5:45 AM sharp, to pay tribute to this great man who lives on in the spirit of the Ultimate sport!
PS: Funny wikipedia doesn’t have an article about this iconic person. 
admin is into a lot of things. He likes to play the ultimate frisbee and has quit boozing. :D
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