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In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  hacky moves
John had recently had knee surgery and was looking for a way to work on his flexibility.
Stalberger and Marshall soon became enthralled with the game, which Marshall had been hoping to promote with the general public.
Stalberger, determined to realize their vision of footbag as a sport, continued to promote the product and the game.
www.freewebs.com /moving-online/hacky-moves   (256 words)

  
 Hacky Sack - The Bad Fads Museum
The Hacky Sack was invented in 1972 when John Stalberger met Mike Marshall and observed him kicking around a handmade beanbag.
Stalberger believed the beanbag would be beneficial as physical therapy for his football-injured knee and began using it.
Marshall died of a heart attack in 1975 at the age of 28 but Stalberger moved forward and formed the National Hacky Sack Association which established official rules and helped to control the growth of the fledgling sport.
www.badfads.com /pages/activities/hackysack.html   (347 words)

  
  Footbag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Similar games had been played for centuries in Asia (Kemari) and North America.
However, modern footbag was conceived by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall in Oregon City, Oregon in 1972.
They coined two terms: "hacky sack" (sometimes spelled hackey sack) which referred specifically to their product, and "footbag" which is the generic name for the game and the product.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Stalberger   (1625 words)

  
 Mr Hacky Sack Homes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
John Stalberger, Keller Williams Premier Partners (”Company”) is committed to protecting the privacy of our customer’s personal information.
John Stalberger, Keller Williams Premier Partners is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.
John Stalberger, Keller Williams Premier Partners allows its users the option to change or modify information previously provided.
www.mrhackysackhomes.com /contact.htm   (706 words)

  
 HackySack.co.za   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
John had recently had knee surgery and was looking for a way to work on his flexibility, and he instantly took to the game and become good friends with Marshall.
Stalberger and Marshall soon became enthralled with the game, which Marshall had been hoping to promote with the general public.
Stalberger, determined to realize their vision of footbag as a sport, continued to promote the product and the game.
www.hackysack.co.za /pages/history.html   (404 words)

  
 A Star and Three Stripes
In a major coup, John Stalberger, innovator of the original Hacky Sack® footbag, and Adidas have concluded a deal for Adidas to license its name to Stalberger's company, Pastime Sports Inc., Vancouver, Washington.
Stalberger declined to estimate sales of the new products, but said Pastime is shipping products already and they are getting an excellent reception.
Stalberger said he is already working closely with the big company's sales force to ensure maximum marketing exposure for the new products.
worldfootbag.com /magazine/vol-13-no-1/adidas.html   (608 words)

  
 Miscellaneous Stearns County, Minnesota Obituaries
Laura Stalberger was born in Elrosa to Joseph and Elizabeth (Pogatchnick) Scholtz.
Stalberger is survived by her two sons, Roger Stalberger and his wife Kathy of Lindstrom, and Charles Stalberger and his wife Gerri of Plymouth; sisters Alma Stalberger of Chaska, and Rita Pound of Van Nuys, Calif; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren.
Edwin Hiltner was born Sept. 24, 1919 in Melrose to John and Agnes (Dickhaus) Hiltner.
www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/mn/mn-stearns1.htm   (6816 words)

  
 Footbag Style know as Bloughchi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Marshall and Stalberger, who was nursing an injured knee, became close friends and began to dabble in a hobby that Marshall enjoyed.
Stalberger, not done experimenting with the sport yet, invented the truly competitive version of the game known as Footbag Net.
What Stalberger missed was footbag's inherent potential as an activity which could enable one to grow continually in a physic/psycho/social environment leading to enhancement of skills in all those areas.
www.freestylefootbag.com /blouchi.htm   (586 words)

  
 How footbag is made - Background, History, Footbag games, Design, Raw materials, The manufacturing process of footbag, ...
In 1972, Marshall met John Stalberger Jr., a former football player recovering from a knee injury who was looking for a rehabilitation exercise.
Stalberger and Marshall tested out several versions of the bag, a few of which were beanbag-like, and experimented with various ways to use it.
Stalberger dubbed the small bag a Hacky Sack because when he and Marshall would play with the bag, they said they were going to "hack the sack." Despite Marshall's death in the mid-1970s, Stalberger continued to market the footbag to schools and sports stores in his local (Portland, Oregon) area.
www.madehow.com /Volume-6/Footbag.html   (1542 words)

  
 Groups:HOF - Footbag Reference
John Stalberger met Mike Marshall by chance in 1972.
John then began figuring out the best coordinated athletic movements for this new game.
Emphasis was put on the study of the proper kicking techniques, and the correct use of the upper body for counter-balancing.
www.footbag.org /reference/-/Groups:HOF   (485 words)

  
 footbag.ee
In the summer of 1972, Mike Marshall and John Stalberger met in Oregon City, USA, and became good friends fast.
John got hooked with the game and they started to kick the bag nearly every day.
In 1975 Mike unexpectedly died of a heart attack, but John continued with the support of the new players.
www.footbag.ee /history.php   (702 words)

  
 The Footbag Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
John Stalberger met Mike Marshall by chance in 1973.
From his background in football, baseball, and physical therapy, John took the homemade sack and turned it into a specifically designed object.
Emphasis was put on the study of the proper kicking techniques, and the correct use of the upper body for counter-balancing.
www.footbagcanada.com /hall_of_fame.asp   (545 words)

  
 Willamette Week | 25th Anniversary Issue | 1978   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
John Stalberger: the Abner Doubleday of hacky sack
Stalberger began juggling--with both feet--beanbags made from handfuls of beans, rice and peas stuffed into two panels of denim sewn together.
Born out of the utopian musings of a bunch of deep thinkers in the 1960s, the Metropolitan Service District, popularly known as Metro, is a bold experiment in regional government that has shaped Portland for better and for worse.
www.wweekarchive.com /25-1978.html   (1303 words)

  
 PCC-Courieronline.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Footbag was born in 1972, a result of John Stalberger and Mike Marshall kicking a home-made beanbag around.
Stalberger had a knee injury and kicking the thing around was good therapy.
Stalberger continued promoting the sport and soon sold the rights for the Hacky Sack Footbag to Kransco (which operated under the Wham-O label).
www.pcc-courieronline.com /news/050301/0503sack.html   (856 words)

  
 Columbian.com - Serving Clark County, Washington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The two had become almost instant buddies after Stalberger suffered a knee injury in a pickup football game at the University of Texas, where he was a student.
In 1984, Stalberger sold the U.S. and Canadian rights to the Hacky Sack name to Wham-O. He said he decided on the deal when it became clear that Wham-O was prepared to compete with Stalberger's company, a contest Stalberger knew he'd lose.
Stalberger said his contract bound him to silence on financial details.
www.columbian.com /lifeHome/lifeHomeNews/07122005news2477.cfm   (1223 words)

  
 Monday Night Football - The cuckoo bush, Bob Dylan & monster trucks
They were afraid that if John and his royal entourage set up residence in the town, the locals would go broke from having to provide services and goods gratis to the king and his court.
In order to scare off the monarch, the Wise Men of Gotham, as they came to be known, feigned madness, setting about such tasks as trying to drown eels and building a fence around their so-called "cuckoo bush" to trap the birds, which of course flew away.
The current version of the footbag was created in 1972 when two guys in Oregon, John Stalberger and Mike Marshall, started kicking a tiny bean bag around -- Stalberger had recently undergone knee surgery and was looking for some rehabilitative exercise.
espn.go.com /abcsports/mnf/s/annotatedmiller/1120.html   (2129 words)

  
 Footbag World Magazine, Winter '98
John Stalberger, the co-inventor of the footbag, was next to speak.
Mike's wife, Linda Marshall-Roberts, presented Greg Cortopassi, John Stalberger, and Bruce Guettich with a classic photo of Mike and John together in 1972, and the crowd leapt to its feet in applause.
The first inductees to the Footbag Hall of Fame roll were introduced (see Who's Who...), and each gave a short speech from the podium, telling footbag stories of past and present, putting flesh to the feeling of camaraderie and warmth that filled the ballroom.
worldfootbag.com /magazine/vol-14-no-2/pioneers.html   (1173 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The footbag as we know it was first introduced in 1972 when John Stalberger, an ardent and robust athlete from Oregon City, Oregon, met Mike Marshall.
Stalberger was recovering from a knee injury that he had suffered and was searching for a therapeutic way to increase the flexibility around the joints.
Unfortunately Mike Marshall suffered a fatal heart attack in 1975 at the young age of 28, leaving the resolute Stalberger to carry on the mission alone.
www.dolfzine.com /page623.htm   (1485 words)

  
 Guest Footbag (Hacky Sack) Kicking Articles in Footbag.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The footbag was first introduced in 1972 when John Stalberger, an ardent and robust athlete from Oregon City, Oregon, met Mike Marshall.
Stalberger was recovering from a knee injury that he had suffered and was looking for a therapeutic way to increase the flexibility around the joints.
Unfortunately, at the young age of 28, Mike Marshall suffered a fatal heart attack in 1975, thus leaving the resolute Stalberger to carry on the mission alone.
www.footbag.com /guest.htm   (2416 words)

  
 Untitled Document
John had recently had knee surgery and was looking for a way to work on his flexibility, and he instantly took to the game and became good friends with Marshall.
Stalberger and Marshall designed a product, which they trademarked the "Hacky Sack", and began putting together a plan to market the product and the sport.
Stalberger formed the National Hacky Sack Association along with the help of many others, after Marshall's death three years later.
uniter.uwinnipeg.ca /issue14/pg23.html   (1482 words)

  
 John Stalberger (Keller Williams Realty Premier Partners) - Real Estate Agent - Vancouver, Washington
I have been a business associate of John Stalberger’s for several years now and I have always found John to be someone whom I completely trust.
Through my dealings with John and his team, I know that John has compiled a competent and trustworthy team to handle any problems that may arise in a transaction.
John has the depth of character for which I look in a business associate or a friend.
activerain.com /mrhackysackhomes   (725 words)

  
 sfweekly.com | News | The Pain of the Disco Ninja (Page 3) | 2002-10-02   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
They fashioned a game out of the exercise called "Hack the Sack," and its object was simple: Keep the bag in the air without using your hands, relying instead on your toes, insteps, and knees to bounce the bag back and forth.
Marshall died of a heart attack three years later at age 28, leaving Stalberger to spread the gospel of footbag.
To that end, Stalberger formed the National Hacky Sack Association and eventually sold the rights for the Hacky Sack to a company called Kransco (which also makes the Frisbee), whose Wham-O subsidiary began mass-producing the bags for an even wider audience.
www.sfweekly.com /Issues/2002-10-02/news/feature_3.html   (662 words)

  
 My Web Site - About Athletes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
That was the year that John Stalberger met Mike Marshall in Oregon.
"John was looking for a way to exercise his injured knee," Bruce says.
John loved "hacking the sack." He and Mike made some changes to the sack during the next few years.
www.kellymilnerhalls.com /content/blogcategory/94/44   (2234 words)

  
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When practice started I saw John Stalberger and other teammates warming up by kicking what looking like a beanbag.
The principle of using both sides of the body, better coordination, quickness of the feet, developing flexibility and strength in the ankles and knees connected to all the sports that I had played.
When John moved in the discussion quickly turned to how to develop this game.
www.footbagcanada.com /hof01.htm   (975 words)

  
 Hacky sack: Bozeman area footbaggers getting their kicks
The modern American sport of footbag was invented by Mike Marshall and John Stalberger of Oregon City, Oregon in 1972.
Stalberger had injured his knee and was looking for a fun and therapeutic way to exercise when he and Marshall began kicking around the home-made beanbag Marshall had invented.
Stalberger championed the footbag cause, later founding the National Hacky Sack Association.
bozemandailychronicle.com /articles/2005/05/09/sports/01hackysack.txt   (526 words)

  
 HACKY SACK Totally On Stories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In 1972, 27-year-old football player R. John Stalberger was sidelined with a torn tendon in his knee.
However, due to the wear adn tear on the bag and the difficulty of handling a regular-sized bean bag, Stalberger stitched togethera smaller, more durable one made of leather and filled it with plastic pellets.
Because he "hacked" at it with his foot, Stalberger began calling the bag a Hacky Sack.
totallywhacked.com /viewpost_404628.asp   (332 words)

  
 Hacky Sack Info - History of Footbag
Marshall had a home-made bean bag, that he was kicking around, and experimenting with it's potential as a co-ordination builder.
Stalberger was recovering from knee surgery and was looking for a fun form of therapy and exercise.
Stalberger continued with the vision of Hacky Sack as a popular game and formed the National Hacky Sack Association.
x-village.com /fbhistory.html   (354 words)

  
 BBC - Cult - I Love 1972 - Toys
Footbag was invented in Oregon, USA, when athlete John Stalberger met Mike Marshall, who had been kicking around a hand-made bean bag.
John had recently had knee surgery and was looking for a way to work on his flexibility.
He instantly took to the game and become good friends with Marshall.
www.bbc.co.uk /cult/ilove/years/1972/toys2.shtml   (143 words)

  
 Project Poster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It was invented in 1972 by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall from Oregon City.
Stalberger was recovering from surgery and was looking for a fun way to exercise his knees.
After that Stalberger made a National Hacky Sack Association.
poster.hprtec.org /view/poster.php?poster_id=95207   (105 words)

  
 Jonathan's Boring But Useful Site: Hakisak
I was surprised to find out, then, that it's not a rare Tuareg word that's thousands of years old, but comes from the original name of the game, Hack the Sack.
invented in 1972 by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall.
The Hacky Sack trademark was eventually sold to Wham-O, who also own the Frisbee trademark.
www.jsmusic.org.uk /blog/archives/000070.html   (161 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - Hacky Sack
Marshall had been kicking a hand made bean bag around.
Stalberger had a knee surgery and was looking for something to help him recover.
He took to the game as soon as he saw the bag.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A291566   (419 words)

  
 Near North Student Robotics Initiative - About Hacky Sack   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Hacky Sack, as known today, was created by Mike Marshall and John Stalberger in 1972.
Mike Marshall was investigating his bean bag invention as a tool to develop co-ordination and John Stalberger was recovering from a knee injury and looking for a fun, therapeutic way to exercise.
Hacky Sack was initially intended for exercise, but deep down, Mike Marshall and John Stalberger probably knew that the true value of Hacky Sack was its entertainment value.
www-chi.nearnorth.edu.on.ca /nnsri/infohack.htm   (355 words)

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