About Ollyball Toy of the Year

Ollyball® - The Ultimate Indoor Play Ball® - Winner of a 2019 Toy of the Year at the New York International Toy Fair. - Top 19 of 2019 by Boys’ Life. - Top 12 by BestProducts.com - Over 3.6 Million views YouTube It all started when our kids started playing ball in the house and broke things. This was bad. So we went on a quest to make a ball they could play with in the house and could also be colored-in. This quest took us to over 100 prototypes on our kitchen table, a trademark, a U.S. patent and in 2019 we took home a Toy Association of America Toy of the Year Award in New York City! Since the award, Ollyball has been featured on four Morning TV shows, appeared in over 100 articles, and reported as and reported as the #1 Selling Toy for Spring 2019 at Toy Stores across the country (See in Instagram and Facebook posts!), achieved 3.5 Million+ views on YouTube, and major retailers in the U.S. and internationally are now carrying Ollyball. Founders. Inventors. Parents. Joe Burke is the former Brand Director of Disney Stores where he created national retail campaigns; in-store marketing, in-store media, and helped launch Disneystore.com. Joe also served as the Vice President of Marketing for Goodwill Industries. Ellen Burke, MBA, is a professor in the Department of Special Education at California State University, Fullerton. Read their story