Shirley M. Garms (January 18, 1924 – January 25, 2018) was an American tenpin bowler. In consecutive years, 1961 and 1962, she was named woman Bowler of the Year by the Bowling Writers' Association of America. She won the BPAA All-Star championship (later renamed the U.S. Women's Open) in 1962. She was inducted into the

United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame 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 stand ...

in 1971 and the

PWBA Hall of Fame The PWBA Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame established by the Professional Women's Bowling Association to honor individuals "who have dedicated their time and passion to the sport of bowling both on and off the lanes." The inaugural class was in 1995, ...

in 1995. She lived in Island Lake, Illinois.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Garms, Shirley American ten-pin bowling players American sportswomen 1924 births 2018 deaths 21st-century American women