Edith Burroughs (born 1939) was a pro-bowler who was born in

Union Springs, Alabama Union Springs is a city in and county seat of Bullock County, Alabama, United States. The population was 3,980 at the 2010 census. History The area that became Union Springs was first settled by white men after the Creek Indian removal of the ...

. She was the seventh child of fourteen born in her family. In 1979, she became the first black person to win a pro bowling tournament in the United States.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20110708085818/http://bowlportage.com/Hall%20of%20Fame.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20100401115342/http://www.summitcountyusbc.com/triCounty.html * http://www.ohiowba.com/HOF/Superior%20Performance%20Award%20Recipients.pdf * https://web.archive.org/web/20091012101709/http://www.summitcountyhof.com/Inductees/1986.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Burroughs, Edith 1939 births African-American sportswomen American ten-pin bowling players Living people Sportspeople from Alabama People from Union Springs, Alabama 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople