George Nissen - Wikipedia
George Peter Nissen [1] (February 3, 1914 – April 7, 2010) was an American gymnast and inventor who developed the modern trampoline and made trampolining a worldwide sport and …
How the Trampoline Came to Be | Smithsonian
Mar 5, 2020 · Inspired by circus performers, George Nissen created the bouncing ‘tumbling device’ that still captures imaginations 75 years later.
George Nissen - Lemelson
Blairstown, Iowa native George Nissen invented a device loved by tumblers, athletes, adults, and children around the world – the trampoline. He holds more than 40 patents related to sports …
George Nissen, Father of the Trampoline, Dies at 96
Apr 13, 2010 · Mr. Nissen, who devoted his life to promoting and manufacturing the trampoline — once renting a kangaroo to bounce with him in Central Park — died Wednesday at a hospital …
Who Made That Trampoline? - The New York Times
Sep 28, 2012 · Nissen invented the trampoline in the 1930s, when, as a teenage gymnast, he and his coach created a piece of equipment out of scrap steel and tire inner tubes for his act in the …
George Nissen and the Trampoline – Lichtenberger Engineering …
Jan 24, 2022 · Upon graduation, Nissen and two of his friends joined forces as a traveling acrobatic group, utilizing Nissen’s trampoline as part of their act. The Three Leonardos, as …
Nissen, George - USA Gymnastics
George Nissen. Class of 1965 · Disciplines (s): Trampoline & Tumbling · Inducted as: Contributor. A former gymnast himself, George Nissen’s greatest contribution to the sport was his invention …
George Nissen: Inventor of the trampoline - The Independent
In 1930, the 16-year-old George Nissen watched in awe as trapeze artists performed their daring stunts at a travelling circus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
When an Invention Reached New Heights - The New York Times
Apr 17, 2010 · George Nissen, inventor of the trampoline, died on April 7 at 96, but not before the acrobatics he first tried on the “bouncing rig” he built as a 16-year-old in 1930 (a canvas sheet...
Biography: NISSEN, George P. - Gymnastics Skills & Equipment
Mar 21, 2018 · Nissen utilized nylon rather than canvas to make trampoline beds. He created Spaceball, a game with a ball played entirely on a trampoline. He invented the double mini …