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Patty Costello
Patty Costello (May 8, 1947, Washington, D.C. – April 16, 2009, Scranton, Pennsylvania) was an American left-handed professional ten-pin bowling, ten-pin bowler and former member of the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA). She was one of the best female bowlers of the 1970s and 1980s. Born to William Joseph and Marjorie Moran Costello in Washington, D.C., Costello did not begin bowling until the age of 16, but she quickly made a name for herself in the sport, winning the Columbia 300 Open in 1970. Over her bowling career, she earned 25 professional titles, including seven major championships. Her majors include four titles in the PWBA Players Championship (1971, 1972, 1974, 1976) and one victory at the U.S. Women's Open (bowling), U.S. Women's Open (1976). In 1976, she won seven events, setting a record for most titles earned in a year. (The record was tied by Carolyn Dorin-Ballard in 2001, although Dorin-Ballard competed in eight more events.) Costello was named Bowli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Kulick
Kelly Kulick (born March 16, 1977) is an American professional bowler and sportscaster. She has won ten professional women's bowling titles (six of them majors), one PBA Tour title (a major) and a professional mixed doubles title. Kulick is the first woman ever to win a regular Professional Bowlers Association tour title and the only woman to win a major PBA Tour tournament. She is a 14-time member of Team USA (1998–2001, 2008, 2010–2018). Kulick is currently a pro staff member for Storm Bowling, Vise grips and High 5 gear. She has won four medals at The World Games, including two golds. Bowling career Overview Kulick is the first woman ever to win a regular Professional Bowlers Association tour title and the only woman thus far to win a major PBA Tour tournament, winning the 2010 PBA Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas on January 24, 2010. After finishing the weekly qualifying as the #2 seed, she defeated #3 qualifier Mika Koivuniemi to advance to the final against 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Ten-pin Bowling Players
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Sportspeople From Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2009 Deaths
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United States Bowling Congress
The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) is a sports membership organization dedicated to ten-pin bowling in the United States. It was formed in 2005 by a merger of the American Bowling Congress—the original codifier of all tenpin bowling standards, rules and regulations from 1895 onwards; the Women's International Bowling Congress—founded in 1916, as the female bowlers' counterpart to the then all-male ABC; the Young American Bowling Alliance, and USA Bowling. The USBC's headquarters are located in Arlington, Texas, after having moved from the Milwaukee suburb of Greendale, Wisconsin, in November 2008. The move enabled the USBC to combine its operations with the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America (BPAA). Purpose The USBC is the national governing body for ten-pin bowling in the United States. It has approximately 3,000 local associations across the US serving over 2 million members. Among its duties and responsibilities to these members are: * Maintain specificati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Johnson (bowler)
Elizabeth Ann Johnson (born May 2, 1974) is an American professional bowler. She first became known as an 11-time winner on the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour, which included the first of her six U.S. Women's Open titles in 1996, before that organization suspended operations in 2003. Since the rebirth of the PWBA in 2015, Johnson has won eleven more PWBA Tour titles, including five more majors, for a total of 25 PWBA titles. This includes 22 titles on the PWBA Tour and three more major titles she won during the Tour's hiatus, which have retroactively been counted as PWBA titles. She won four additional professional titles during the PWBA Tour's hiatus, becoming a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) and the PBA Women's Series. Johnson was elected to the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in December 2014, and was officially inducted on April 29, 2015. At the 2005 PBA Banquet Open, Johnson became the first woman to defeat a man in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Ladewig
Marion Ladewig (née Van Oosten; October 30, 1914 – April 16, 2010) was an American ten-pin bowler. She was named Female Bowler of the Year by the Bowling Writers Association of America a record nine times between 1950 and 1963 (1950–54, '57–'59, '63). A Grand Rapids, MI native, Ladewig is the only woman to win WIBC City, State, and National All-Events titles in the same year (1951). In 1964 Ladewig became the first Superior Performance inductee into the Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame, and in 1984 became the first woman bowler inducted into the Women’s Sports Foundation Hall of Fame. She is the all-time leader in U.S. Women's Open championships with eight; the next closest bowler is Liz Johnson with six. Ladewig also won the Women's World Invitational tournament five times (1957, '60, '62, '63 and '64) and the inaugural PWBA Championship in 1960. She retired from competitive bowling at the end of 1964. She appeared as a guest on '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Scranton is the largest city in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Wyoming Valley, and the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 562,037 as of 2020. It is List of cities and boroughs in Pennsylvania by population, the sixth largest city in Pennsylvania. The contiguous network of five cities and more than 40 boroughs all built in a straight line in Northeastern Pennsylvania's urban area act culturally and logistically as one continuous city, so while the city of Scranton itself is a smaller town, the larger unofficial city of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre contains nearly half a million residents in roughly 200 square miles. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is the cultural and economic center of a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowling Digest
''Bowling Digest'' was a Ten-pin bowling magazine. It was published from 1983 to 2005. Jeri Edwards was the editor of the magazine between 1993 and 2000. The magazine published four times per year. The publisher was the Century Publishing Co. The headquarters was in Evanston, Illinois Evanston ( ) is a city, suburb of Chicago. Located in Cook County, Illinois, United States, it is situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. Evanston is north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wil .... References External links''Bowling Digest'' review Defunct magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1983 Magazines disestablished in 2005 Magazines published in Chicago Quarterly magazines published in the United States Sports magazines published in the United States Ten-pin bowling magazines {{sport-mag-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowling Writers Association Of America Bowler Of The Year
The Bowling Writers Association of America (BWAA) annually selects a Male Bowler of the Year and a Female Bowler of the Year. Dick Weber Male Bowler of the Year *1942: Johnny Cremins *1943: Ned Day *1944: Ned Day *1945: Buddy Bomar *1946: Joe Wilman *1947: Buddy Bomar *1948: Andy Varipapa *1949: Connie Schwoegler *1950: Junie McMahon *1951: Lee Jouglard *1952: Steve Nagy *1953: Don Carter *1954: Don Carter *1955: Steve Nagy *1956: Bill Lillard *1957: Don Carter *1958: Don Carter *1959: Ed Lubanski *1960: Don Carter *1961: Dick Weber *1962: Don Carter *1963: Dick Weber *1964: Billy Hardwick *1965: Dick Weber *1966: Wayne Zahn *1967: Dave Davis *1968: Jim Stefanich *1969: Billy Hardwick *1970: Nelson Burton Jr. *1971: Don Johnson *1972: Don Johnson *1973: Don McCune *1974: Earl Anthony *1975: Earl Anthony *1976: Earl Anthony *1977: Mark Roth *1978: Mark Roth *1979: Mark Roth *1980: Wayne Webb *1981: Earl Anthony *1982: Earl Anthony *1983: Earl Anthony *1984: Mark Roth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
