“Steady Ed’s” Birthday

June 28, 1924

Steady” Ed Headrick: The Father of Disc Golf and Founder of DGA

Inventor of the sport of Disc Golf
Inventor of the first disc golf basket, the Disc Pole Hole
Designed and Installed the first Disc Golf course
Inventor of the modern day Frisbee
Founded: The International Frisbee Association (IFA)
Founded: Disc Golf Association (DGA),
Founded: Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) and
Founded: Recreational Disc Golf Association (RDGA).
Established and organized the first World Frisbee Championships and the Junior World Frisbee Championships.
Established the first Disc Golf tournaments and a $50,000 landmark Frisbee Disc Golf Tournament in 1979.
Donated his trademark “Disc Golf” to the public domain and his life to the sport he loved.