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unusual facts about PBA Bowling Tour: 1959 Season


PBA Bowling Tour: 1959 Season

After a layoff of several months, the PBA tour held its final event of the season at Bar-Jan Bowl in Dayton, Ohio.


Clara Guerrero

She earned the #4 seed for the stepladder finals of the 2013 PBA Cheetah Championship, joining Liz Johnson (2005) and Kelly Kulick (2010) who have also made the TV finals of PBA Tour events.

Doug Kent

(See article: PBA Bowling Tour: 2006-07 season.) For his efforts, he was voted the Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year and received a four-year exemption for PBA tour events.

Lon McEachern

McEachern was most recently named the play-by-play announcer for ESPN's coverage of the 2012-13 PBA Bowling Tour, working with analyst Randy Pedersen.

PBA Bowling Tour: 1979 Season

George Pappas was the winner of the Firestone Tournament of Champions.

PBA Bowling Tour: 1986 Season

Late in the season at the Brunswick Memorial World Open, George Branham III made history by becoming the first African American to win a national PBA Tour title.

PBA Bowling Tour: 1999 Season

Another highlight of the season was the PBA's first-ever outdoor finals at the NYC PBA Experience, which took place on specially-built lanes in mid-town Manhattan's Bryant Park.

PBA Bowling Tour: 2000 Season

In other news this season, the PBA was sold to three former Microsoft executives in April, who planned to make the PBA a for-profit business.

PBA Bowling Tour: 2007–08 season

Marking the end of the 2007-08 PBA season on ESPN, the fourth annual Motel 6 Roll To Riches was contested on April 13, 2008 in Orlando.

PBA Bowling Tour: 2010–11 season

Eugene McCune won the season's first tournament (and his second PBA title) at the Brunswick Cheetah Championship.


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