Ultimate Frisbee originated on college campuses and then spread to other aspects of entertainment out there for people. Joel Silver is credited with getting a group of his friends interested in the concept of a competition for Frisbee. They already enjoyed the activity and they were looking for a way to make it more of a challenge for them. Ultimate Frisbee changed it from a leisurely activity to one that people signed up to compete against each other in.
Silver originally came up with the concept in 1967 but it wasnt really implemented at area schools until around 1970. Many people credit Silver with this again because he changed colleges and brought the idea along with him to share with people at this college as well. In 1972 the first competition took place among rival colleges. The teams were from Rutgers and Princeton.
In 1975 the first Intercollegiate Ultimate Frisbee Championship was held at Yale. Eight teams showed up to represent their colleges in the tournament. By the following year though the competition for the event had doubled to sixteen colleges coming to check things out and to compete. Penn State upped the stakes for ultimate Frisbee in 1979....
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