 Westerfield in Santa Cruz, California, 1970s | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Ray Westerfield |
| Nickname | "Legend" |
| Born | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Years active | 1963–1988 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Canada and the United States |
| Sport | Disc sports (Frisbee) |
| Event(s) | Freestyle, ultimate, disc golf, double disc court, distance and overall events (TRC, MTA, and accuracy) |
Kenneth Ray Westerfield is an American pioneering frisbee disc player, who achieved numerous disc sports accomplishments in the 1970s. A disc sports Hall of Fame inductee in freestyle, ultimate, and disc golf. In addition, he was voted "Top Men's Player" in the 1970–75 Decade Awards.[1] Westerfield produced tournaments, set world records, and won awards in every disc sport. He was a tournament co-director for the Canadian Open Frisbee Championships (1972–1985) in Toronto, the Vancouver Open Frisbee Championships (1974–1977) in Vancouver, BC, the 1978 Santa Cruz Flying Disc Classic in Santa Cruz, California, the 1985 Labatt's World Guts Championships in Toronto, and the 1987 World PDGA Disc Golf Championships in Toronto.[2] Westerfield founded the first ultimate league in Canada – the Toronto Ultimate Club (1979). As one of the original freestylers from the 1960s, used his expertise in several company-sponsored touring Frisbee shows in the U.S. and Canada. Irwin Toy, (Frisbee distributor in Canada, 1972–76), Molson Frisbee Team (1974–77), Adidas Canada (1974–1979), Goodtimes Professional Frisbee Show (1978–82), Orange Crush Frisbee Team (1977–78), Air Canada Frisbee Team (1978–79), Lee Jeans Frisbee Team (1979–80) and the Labatts Schooner Frisbee Team (1983–85).[3][4]
- ^ "Flying Disc freestyle Hall of Fame". Ken Westerfield Player Biography. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
- ^ "TUC Hall of Fame Ken Westerfield". Retrieved December 13, 2012.
- ^ "History of Frisbee and Flying Disc freestyle". Development of Frisbee in the U.S. and Canada. May 11, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018. Note: The Canadian Open Frisbee Championships (1972) in Toronto and the Vancouver Open Frisbee Championships (1974) along with the IFT Guts Frisbee tournament in Northern Michigan were the first tournaments to introduce Frisbee as a disc sport (up until then, the Frisbee was considered a toy).
- ^ "The Decade Awards 1970-75". Retrieved December 15, 2012.