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Considered the Heisman Trophy of gymnastics, the Nissen-Emery Award, founded by trampoline inventor George Nissen, has been handed out to the nation's top senior collegiate gymnast annually since ...

George Nissen first fiddled around with a "bouncing rig" in the 1930s. In 2000, trampolining became an Olympic sport. COURTESY OF DAGMAR NISSEN MUNN Patrick Finley Arizona Daily Star ...

Trampoline From the Hall of Fame: It may seem to have been around forever, but the trampoline was patented as a “Tumbling Device” in 1945 by George Nissen.

According to the Olympics, trampolining was first invented in 1934 by an American gymnast, George Nissen, who got the idea after watching trapeze acrobats.