AILSA CHANG, HOST: E. Bryant Crutchfield, the inventor of the Trapper Keeper, has died. The Trapper Keeper, as you might recall, was the hot school supply to have in the 1980s.

The inventor of a familiar part of 1980s classrooms has died, according to The New York Times. E. Bryant Crutchfield, a paper-company executive from Greenville who was a graduate of Auburn ...

E. Bryant Crutchfield, creator of the Trapper Keeper, dies at 85 In the 1980s and ’90s, his brainchild became a ubiquitous presence in school hallways across America August 29, 2022 More than 2 ...

E. Bryant Crutchfield, the inventor of the Trapper Keeper, has died. The Trapper Keeper, as you might recall, was the hot school supply to have in the 1980s. I mean, I had to have one. (SOUNDBITE ...

The inventor of a familiar part of 1980s classrooms has died, according to The New York Times. E. Bryant Crutchfield, a paper-company executive from Greenville who was a graduate of Auburn ...

E. Bryant Crutchfield, the inventor of the Trapper Keeper, has died. The Trapper Keeper, as you might recall, was the hot school supply to have in the 1980s. I mean, I had to have one. (SOUNDBITE ...

E. Bryant Crutchfield, the inventor of the Trapper Keeper, has died. The Trapper Keeper, as you might recall, was the hot school supply to have in the 1980s. I mean, I had to have one. (SOUNDBITE ...

E. Bryant Crutchfield, the inventor of the Trapper Keeper, has died. The Trapper Keeper, as you might recall, was the hot school supply to have in the 1980s. I mean, I had to have one. (SOUNDBITE ...