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The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States.Headquartered in Mechanicsville, Virginia, [1] and currently owned by Bowlero Corporation since 2019, [2] the PBA's membership consists of over 3,000 members worldwide. [3]
Billy was ranked #12 on the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years". He retired relatively early from the PBA Tour after developing arthritis. Billy's final PBA title came in April, 1976 at the Monro-Matic Open in Toledo, Ohio when he was still just 34 years old. He was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1977, and was ...
PBA Hall of Fame (1987) PBA’s 50 Greatest Players James William Godman (January 5, 1946 – May 3, 2001) was an American professional bowler who won eleven titles on the Professional Bowlers Tour , and was the first bowler to win the prestigious Tournament of Champions (then sponsored by Firestone ) twice, winning in 1969 and 1973.
He eventually retired in 1972 and in 1975 was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame as a charter member. Since Cater, bowlers around the world have gone on to make impressive feats in the sport and ...
Smith was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame with the inaugural 1975 class, and the ABC (now USBC) Hall of Fame in 1978. [2] In addition to his PBA victories, he won four Eagles (titles) in the ABC Open Championships. He made the quarterfinals (top eight) at the ABC Masters five times in addition to his 1963 victory. [3]
He was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1990 and into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. In 2006, he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [10] He is also a 2010 inductee to the USBC Hall of Fame in the Performance category. [11] He was ranked 9th on the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 ...
Inducted into PBA Hall of Fame, 1987. [7] Inducted into USBC Hall of Fame, 2009. [2] Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 2014. [14] [15] Four-time winner of the Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year award (1977, 1978, 1979, 1984). Holds the PBA record with eight titles in a single season (1978). Ranked #5 on the PBA's 2008 ...
He earned over $800,000 in his PBA career. Durbin was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1984. During the 1983-84 season, Durbin served as the president of the PBA. From the early 1980s to 1995, Durbin worked as a color analyst for ESPN alongside play-by-play man Dennis Schreiner.