At age 86, George Nissen is feeling frustrated. Oh, sure, he can still execute a straight-as-a-pencil handstand and does so at the drop of a hint. "Ham that I am, it's my trademark," he explains. But ...

A trip to the circus in the 1930s inspired George Nissen to create the modern trampoline, an invention that eventually would lead to countless children and others doing back flips and tricks for fun ...

George Nissen, 96, who as a teenage gymnast was inspired to invent the modern trampoline after watching trapeze artists bounce off a safety net, died April 7 at a hospital in La Jolla, Calif. He had ...

News of George Nissen's death on April 7 flooded my mind with thoughts from my teen years, when I knew him. Nissen, inventor of the modern trampoline and longtime resident of Cedar Rapids, was a ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Former Cedar Rapids gymnast and businessman George Nissen, who built the world's first modern trampoline, has died at age 96. International Gymnastics Magazine reports that ...