Men's Performance: Section A-J | Section K-Z

Allison's 42-year ABC Tournament career has included four titles and 10 other top 10 finishes. Allison, known as Mr. 900 for an unapproved 900 series in 1982, went to Chicago from California to bowl with the Pabst team, then shifted to St. Louis and joined the Falstaffs. While on the PBA tour, he often assisted announcers Chris Schenkel and Billy Welu with statistics and color information on the ABC-TV telecasts. He owns six PBA titles and one PBA Senior title.

EARL ANTHONY
Cornelius, Ore.
Born: April 27, 1938
Died: Aug. 14, 2001
Inducted 1986

The 1970s Bowler of the Decade was the sport's first millionaire and has won 43 professional championships. The six-time Bowler of the Year won PBA titles in 14 consecutive seasons.. His ABC Tournament record also is outstanding with two Masters titles, a team all-events championship and 13 other top 10 finishes. Retired from competition after earning nearly every accolade the sport affords, Anthony more recently has served as color commentator on ABC's Brunswick World Team Bowling Challenge and other television shows. He was selected "Master of the Millenium" by Bowling Magazine readers.

BARRY ASHER
Costa Mesa, Calif.
Born: July 14, 1946
Inducted 1998

Asher won four ABC Tournament and 10 PBA titles between the mid-1960s and and mid-1980s. His first ABC title was in 1972 when he took Classic doubles with Carmen Salvino. He added Classic team top spots in 1975 and 1976 with Munsingwear No. 2 and won all-events in 1985 with a 2,033 total. He also finished second in the 1969 Masters and has seven other top 10 ABC Tournament finishes.

HAROLD ASPLUND
Los Angeles
Born: Nov. 29, 1905
Died: April 20, 1982
Inducted 1978

Asplund did not start bowling until age 21 after watching pot games in a Denver bowling center. But he carried a 200 average and owned nearly every tournament title in the Northwest. His ABC Tournament debut in 1930 resulted in two top 10 finishes, and his record for winning big money in the Petersen Classic was unparalleled. He cashed 11 times in 16 tries, claiming more than $11,000, big money at that time. Asplund accumulated 15 other tournament titles.

MIKE AULBY
Indianapolis, Ind.
Born: March 24, 1960
Inducted 2001

Aulby is the only bowler to win three ABC Masters titles (1989, 1995, 1998) and is a 27-time PBA Tour titlist. Among his PBA titles are two PBA National Championships, one U.S. Open, one Tournament of Champions and one Touring Players Championship. In addition to his other PBA titles, he has 75 other top five finishes including second, third and fourth places in both the Tournament of Champions and PBA National Championship. With more than $2 million in PBA career earnings, Aulby is a four-time Bowler of the Year, two-time Steve Nagy Sportsmanship award winner and George Young High Average Award winner in 1995. He was teh first player to win PBA Rookie of the Year (1979) and PBA Player of the year (1985 and 1995) honors.

GORDY BAER
Chicago
Born: Aug. 20, 1939
Inducted 1987

Baer was selected the top non-professional in the world for his 1980 achievements by the Bowlers Journal. That same year he became the second player in ABC Tournament history to roll consecutive 2,000 nine-game all-events totals, the latter helping Hal Lieber Trophies to the team and team all-events titles. He also won a team all-events title in 1973 with Skyway Lanes.

BILL BEACH
Sharon, Pa.
Born: Sept. 12, 1929
Inducted 1991

The former Sharon, Pa. barber provided some of the most exciting moments in ABC Masters history to win the 1972 title when he came from the losers bracket to defeat defending champion Jim Godman with clutch strikes in the final frames of both matches. He won five ABC titles including the Masters crown. In 1981, Beach captured his second PBA title by winning the first PBA Seniors tournament in New Orleans.

FRANK BENKOVIC
Milwaukee
Born: Oct. 7, 1904
Died: March 8, 1995
Inducted 1958

Benkovic is the only bowler to win successive doubles championships in the ABC Tournament. He bowled on several prominent teams in Milwaukee and also bowled with leading teams in Cincinnati and Kansas City when his sales position with Brunswick took him to those cities.

MIKE BERLIN
Muscatine, Iowa
Born: Dec. 24, 1943
Inducted 1994

Berlin became the first Iowa-based bowler elected to the ABC Hall of Fame. He has won several big titles including the 1970 ABC Tournament all-events and the 1977 Tournament of Champions. The 1976 PBA Rookie of the Year also won the 1968 Petersen Classic in Chicago. He was the first bowler inducted into the Quad Cities Hall of Fame.

GEORGE BILLICK
Old Forge, Pa.
Born: April 13, 1910
Died: Sept. 8, 1992
Inducted 1982

Billick was the first bowler to roll more than 15 perfect games in ABC sanctioned competition. His total of 17 was the top ABC total for many years and was compiled over a 25-year span in 10 different establishments. His best ABC Tournament series came in 1978 with a 664 in singles at age 68. In the 1949-50 season, he bowled in eight leagues a week in Wilkes-Barre, Old Forge and Scranton.

JAMES BLOUIN
Blue Island, Ill.
Born: Dec. 1, 1886
Died: April 6, 1947
Inducted 1953

Blouin made his mark on the lanes in the days when challenge matches were the determining factor for the stamp of greatness. Blouin possessed steely nerves and a strong, slow curve ball he seemed to push rather than roll. For many years he took on all comers in the Chicago area and around the nation. Blouin won the ABC Tournament all-events title in 1909 and captured the singles title two years later.

RAY BLUTH
St. Louis
Born: Dec. 31, 1927
Inducted 1973

Bluth's intense concentration, especially in developing a delivery of near mathematical perfection, made him one of the most consistent top performers for more than 15 years. Bluth, who owns two ABC Tournament titles, rolled the first 300 game in the ABC Masters finals in 1962. His 806 for the first three games of that series was a Masters record for 24 years and came three years after winning the event. Bluth bowled 267, 267, 300 (834) in the St. Louis Budweisers longtime record three-game 3,858 total.

JOSEPH BODIS
Cleveland
Born: Jan. 16, 1897
Died: April 26, 1970
Inducted 1941

Bodis came to national attention when he set a then ABC Tournament record eight consecutive all-events totals above 1,800 in the 1925-32 period. Included was a team title in 1924. Bodis was an outstanding team bowler for many years in the Cleveland area and was particularly noted for bowling in street shoes to which he added a rubber heel for sliding. He was the first man to head the ABC Tournament 10-year average listings, starting with a 205.20 figure in 1934.

PARKER BOHN III
Jackson, N.J.
Born: July 13, 1963
Inducted 2008 At the time of his induction, he was the second-winningest left-hander in PBA history behind only Earl Anthony. “PB3” had won the PBA Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award four consecutive years in addition to winning 31 PBA titles and banking more than $2.5 million in career earnings as of his induction. He had won at least one PBA title in 13 different years, had won five titles in a season twice and exceeded $100,000 in season earnings 14 times. Bohn won the 2001 USBC Masters, three years after bowling a nationally-televised 300 game in the same event. As of 2008, he held the record for most 300s bowled in PBA competition – 79.

BUDDY BOMAR
Chicago
Born: Sept. 27, 1916
Died: Nov. 17, 1989
Inducted 1966

In addition to his 1956 team and team all-events ABC Tournament championships and three BPAA titles, including the 1944 All-Star, Bomar accumulated no less than 38 other tournament titles. Those included three Petersen Classic crowns, the Texas B.A. all-events twice and all-events titles in three Texas local associations, Wichita Falls, Fort Worth and Dallas. Bomar was one of bowling's most articulate and prominent instructors. For many years while on the Brunswick exhibition staff, he conducted clinics around the nation.

GARY BOWER
Camp Hill, Pa.
Born: May 5, 1951
Inducted 2001

Bower is a lifelong Eastern bowling star who achieved national and international fame in the 1970s. He established this reputation by winning the 1970 ABC Tournament team all-events title and later would win the 1978 ABC team all-events title while finishing second in all-events that same year. He also has six other ABC Tournament top 20 finishes. Bower competed on the United States team in the 1979 Federation Internationale des Quilleurs World Championships in The Phillipines. In 1985 he finished third in the ABC Masters.

ALLLIE BRANDT
Lockport, N.Y.
Born: Dec. 14, 1902
Died: April 17, 1982
Inducted 1960

One of bowling's feisty little men, Brandt was a battler to his final days. Best known for holding the record for highest three-game series in ABC sanctioned competition for 49 years - 297-289-300 (886) in 1939. Brandt was well known and respected in the Western New York area for his prowess on the lanes and his fierce determination. Despite his 5 foot 5, 130-pound stature, Brandt proved he had the stamina to handle pressure over the long haul, finishing second to Andy Varipapa in the final contest of the 100-game 1946 All-Star.

ED BROSIUS
Chicago
Born: May 30, 1920
Died: Aug. 16, 1981
Inducted 1976

Brosius was one of the top stars of several Chicago teams and joined his old captain and teammate Paul Krumske of Chicago in the Hall of Fame. He was a member of four BPAA championship teams. Brosius owned 13 other tournament titles.

FRED BUJACK
Detroit
Born: Jan. 23, 1912
Died: Jan. 2, 1971
Inducted 1967

Bujack won more ABC Tournament championships (eight) than any other bowler until fellow Hall of Famers Bill Lillard and Nelson Burton Jr. tied his mark. He and three other Hall of Fame members, Therm Gibson, Lou Sielaff and George Young, were the nucleus of the E&B/Pfeiffer team formed in 1944. It won three ABC Tournament titles and four team all-events titles (two of each as Pfeiffer Beer) between 1949-55, constantly battling the great Strohs teams for the supremacy of Detroit and the nation. Among Bujack's 14 other tournament championships were five more team titles in BPAA events.

BILL BUNETTA
Fresno, Calif.
Born: Oct. 20, 1919
Inducted 1968

Bunetta, in addition to top-flight individual performances for two decades, gained great respect as one of the game's finest instructors. Many young professionals came to Bunetta for advice in the early stages of their careers. He was a member of several famous teams, among them E&B and Pfeiffers of Detroit and Munsingwear of Chicago. He owns five ABC Tournament titles and in 1960 won a PBA title in Fairless Hills, Pa.

NELSON BURTON SR.
St. Louis
Born: Nov. 25, 1906
Died: May 13, 1994
Inducted 1964

Burton spent most of his early years in Dallas, moving to St. Louis in 1938. In addition to his brilliant ABC Tournament career, which included a doubles title in 1937, he was considered one of the top head-to-head match game stars in the 1930s and 1940s. A fearless competitor, Burton was particularly noted for risking his own money in these matches instead of depending on sponsors.

NELSON BURTON JR. (Bo)
St. Louis
Born: June 5, 1942
Inducted 1981

In 1981, Burton was elected his first year on the ballot. He joined his father Nelson Sr. as the first father-son combination inducted into the performance section. Burton highlighted his professional career by winning the 1976 ABC Masters. His record eight ABC titles ties him with fellow Hall of Famers Fred Bujack and Bill Lillard. For many years, he handled the color commentary on ABC-TVs PBA telecasts. He was nominated for an Emmy in the sports analyst category in 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1987.

LOU CAMPI
Dumont, N.J.
Born: March 23, 1905
Died: Aug. 31, 1989
Inducted 1968

Campi, a right-hander, ended his slide at the foul line on his right foot, earning his nickname "Wrong Foot Lou." That unorthodox finish stemmed from his having played Italian bocci as a youth. Campi won the first PBA tournament, the Empire Open in Albany, N.Y. in 1959. He and fellow Hall of Famer Al (Lindy) Faragalli were stars of the fabled Faber Cement Block that was the highest scoring team in the East in the 1950s and early 60s. In 1947, he won the BPAA Doubles with Hall of Famer Andy Varipapa and again in 1957 with Faragalli.

ADOLPH CARLSON
Chicago
Born: June 23, 1897
Died: Jan. 16, 1967
Inducted 1941

Carlson bowled with such famous Chicago teams as Pabst, Birk Bros., Joseph L. Gill and St. Paul Federal Savings. He was noted for the way in which he whipped the ball off a 2 1/2 step delivery. Carlson came to the United States in 1912 and started bowling a year later. In 1928, he defeated Charley Daw for the match game championship and defended successfully against fellow ABC Hall of Famer Walter (Skang) Mercurio before losing in 1929 to Joe Scribner.

DON CARTER
Miami
Born: July 29, 1926
Inducted 1970

Voted the greatest bowler in history in a 1971 Bowling Magazine poll, Carter was the first star to score a grand slam of bowling's match game titles. He won the All-Star, World's Invitational, PBA National and the ABC Masters. He also owns four ABC titles. Carter started as a youth with the veteran Hermann Undertakers of St. Louis, then went to the Ziern Antiques whose lineup included Ray Bluth, Pat Patterson and Tom Hennessey. After two years with the Pfeiffers of Detroit, he returned to St. Louis when the Budweiser team was organized in 1954. He bowled 266, 253, 235 (754) in the Bud's longtime record 3,858 series in 1958.

FRANK CARUANA
Buffalo
Born: 1897
Died: Jan. 9, 1967
Inducted 1977

Caruana was the first to roll consecutive 300 games. His 1,115 four-game record, which included the back-to-back 300s, stood for 50 years before being tied in 1974. Caruana followed the perfect games with 247 and 268. He also had a successful ABC Tournament career, including three finishes in the top 10 of all-events.

MARTIN CASSIO
Rahway, N.J.
Born: Aug. 15, 1904
Died: Dec. 20, 1972
Inducted 1972

Cassio was brought to this country at age 5 in 1909. He took up bowling in 1930 and, despite a partially crippled right hand suffered in a work accident, he mastered the game quickly. He bowled with leading Eastern teams, among them Bowlers Journal and Wagner & Adler, and his teammates included Hall of Famers Tony Sparando, Lou Campi and Al (Lindy) Faragalli. In 1946, he led the ABC Tournament 10-year average list with 203. That same year he starred in AMF's first bowling film, Ten Pin Magic. His impressive tournament record included 15 titles.

GRAZIO CASTELLANO
New York
Born: July 2, 1917
Died: Aug. 29, 1964
Inducted 1976

Castellano was the first to roll a 300 game on live television during an Eastern All-Star league session at Newark (N.J.) Recreation on Oct. 4, 1953. His five victories in major match game competition - the World-Telegram and Newsday Eastern Open, each of 96 to 124 games in length - is an achievement never equalled by an East Coast bowler. He was a star with the Faber Cement Blocks, whose lineups included fellow ABC Hall members Lou Campi, Al (Lindy) Faragalli, Tony Sparando and Chuck Pezzano.

BOB CHAMBERLAIN
The Villages, Florida
Born: Dec. 2, 1948
Inducted 2005

Chamberlain was a member of the Strohs Beer team that won the 1980 ABC Tournament team title and finished third in 1981. He also has five other ABC Tournament top 20 finishes and holds a 205 average for 37 tournaments. As a PBA Tour player, Chamberlain earned two titles including the 1984 PBA National Championship. His success continued into the senior pro ranks where he won four titles. Chamberlain was the 2003 PBA Senior Player of the Year and has earned three Bowling Magazine Senior All-America team honors.

FRANK CLAUSE
Old Forge, Pa.
Born: March 29, 1913
Died: Nov. 26, 1977
Inducted 1980

Clause won $67,000 on two televised bowling shows. The former high school English and history teacher caught the attention of AMF in 1957 and eventually traveled the world for the company instructing men, women and children in the tenpin sport. He authored two books on bowling and had a syndicated bowling column, which was carried by hundreds of newspapers. He earned seven tournament titles in the East.

ALFIE COHN
Chicago
Born: Nov. 1, 1927
Inducted 1985

Cohn long has been one of Chicago's leading bowlers. He reached his national peak in the 1971 ABC when he won both the singles and all-events titles. He later added two more ABC titles. He won gold medals in the five and eight man team events in the 1977 FIQ American Zone tournament.

PAUL COLWELL
Tucson, Ariz.
Born: July 8, 1949
Inducted 1999

Colwell captured three ABC Tournament titles - the 1974 Masters, 1976 Classic doubles with Don Johnson and 1977 team with Columbia 300. He also won eight PBA titles from 1972-76 including the 1976 PBA National Championship. He was runner-up in the 1979 ABC Classic singles and enjoyed eight other top 20 finishes, all in the old Classic division.

PETE COUTURE
Titusville, Florida
Born: June 2, 1945
Inducted 2004

Couture developed his skills at the local and state level in his native New England winning more than 20 state and local association titles in Maine and Connecticut. A five-time PBA Tour titlist, Couture made a successful transition into the senior ranks highlighted by ABC Senior Masters titles in 1998 and 2002. He also has five other top 10 Senior Masters finishes to his credit. Couture also won seven other PBA Senior Tour titles. He was named PBA Senior Player of the Year and Bowling Magazine Senior Player of the Year in 1998. Among his other notable accomplishments were a third and sixth place finish in the 1986 and 1980 Masters, respectively, a second place ABC Tournament team finish in 1994 and a 203 ABC Tournament average for 20 years.

JOHN CRIMMINS
Detroit
Born: May 2, 1895
Died: Jan. 30, 1992
Inducted 1962

Crimmins was a controversial person from whose fiery temperament stemmed his nickname "The General". One story was that he toured as The Masked Marvel, but few were the bowling followers in the Detroit area who did not readily recognize Crimmins in his heyday. The one-time ABC titlist was the first bowler elected to the Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame. In the 1937 Elks national tournament, he shared in all four titles - team, doubles, singles, all-events.

DAVE DAVIS
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Born: April 28, 1942
Inducted 1990

Davis was a top contender through the 1960s and 70s on the PBA tour. He was the first left-hander to win a major match game championship when he captured the PBA National crown in 1965 at age 23. After suffering through some non-winning years, he returned to form in 1975 by winning three titles and being elected to Bowling Magazine's All-America first team for the fourth time. He won the ABC Tournament Classic singles title in 1968, the same year he won the Tournament of Champions. He won consecutive ABC Senior Masters titles in 1995 and 1996.

CHARLIE DAW
Milwaukee
Born: April 12, 1894
Died: Jan. 18, 1947
Inducted 1941

Daw was a mainstay of the Heil Products team that included four other future Hall of Famers - Hank Marino, Ned Day, Billy Sixty and Gil Zunker. He was a soft-spoken person still remembered for rolling one of the greatest hook balls, a noteworthy feat in an era when the widesweeping curve ball was the vogue. In 1936, he was on the team that bowled special matches in Germany before the Olympics. His tournament titles include three in the ABC Tournament.

NED DAY
Milwaukee
Born: Nov. 11, 1911
Died: Nov. 26, 1971
Inducted 1952

A three-time ABC champion, Day was one of the first to make extensive exhibition and match game tours. He was one of the game's great stylists, who excelled in speaking, instructing and promotion work, and he performed in film shorts produced in Hollywood by Pete Smith. He won the All-Star title in 1943, and his 23 other titles include nine championships in BPAA national events. Day was named BWAA Bowler of the Year in 1943 and 1944, and he was selected to Bowling Magazine's Pre-1950 All-America team.

GARY DICKINSON
Edmond, Okla.
Born: March 26, 1943
Inducted 1992

Dickinson long was among the steadiest performers on the pro tour. His breakthrough came in 1971 when he won the ABC Tournament Classic all-events title and finished third in two other events. Dickinson had one of his best years in 1983 when he won the U.S. Open and earned $60,000. He continued strong in 1997, winning the ABC Senior Masters. He was the recipient of the PBA Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award in 1972, 1973 and 1974 and was 1993 PBA Senior Player of the Year.

NORM DUKE
Clermont, Florida
Born: March 25, 1964
Inducted 2002

Duke was always a crowd favorite among PBA fans and a member of that organizations Millionaire's Club. Elected during his prime, he had won 19 PBA titles at the time of his election. The right-hander was a six-time Bowling Magazine All-America selection and two-time Bowling Writers Association of America Bowler of the Year in 1994 and 2000. He owns three major titles, the 1993 ABC Masters, 1994 Tournament of Champions and 2000 PBA National Championship. Duke became the youngest player in history to win a PBA title when he captured the Cleveland Open at age 18. That led to him to becoming the youngest ABC Hall of Fame electee at age 37.

EBBER (SARGE) EASTER
Cana, Va.
Born: Nov. 20, 1882
Died: Aug. 14, 1961
Inducted 1963

Truly one of bowling's nomads, Easter spent the majority of his life between military assignments and bowling centers. In fact in 1938, bowling in his first ABC Tournament came at the same time as his Army re-enlistment, and he chose to bowl and his rank dropped from first sergeant to private. He won his only ABC title in 1950 at age 67 and teamed with then 21-year-old Ed Lubanski, another eventual Hall of Famer, to capture the BPAA National Doubles title in 1950. In 1953, at age 70, Easter bowled a 300 game, then repeated the feat two years later when he posted his fourth perfect game.

DON ELLIS
Houston
Born: Sept. 4, 1928
Inducted 1981

Ellis teamed with fellow Hall of Famer Joe Kristof to win the 1961 ABC Classic doubles title and was runner-up to Billy Welu in the 1965 ABC Masters. He re-emerged into the spotlight through the Great and the Greatest competition. He teamed with Mark Roth to win the 1979 championship and made the TV finals again in 1980. He has won several association titles in Texas and Illinois, including three Houston B.A. titles, two Texas B.A. and two Illinois B.A. titles. He also won the 1955 Petersen Classic.

JOSEPH FALCARO
Lawrence, N.Y.
Born: Jan. 3, 1896
Died: Sept. 6, 1951
Inducted 1975

Falcaro was one of bowling's most controversial and highly publicized figures. He gained fame throughout the country in his early years as a trick-shot bowler and gave many benefit bowling exhibitions under the sponsorship of the Coca-Cola Co. His greatest accomplishment among five tournament titles was winning the National Match Game championshipover Joe Scribner in 1929. He later defended the title against Scribner but forfeited it in 1933.

ALFRED (LINDY) FARAGALLI
Wayne, N.J.
Born: Dec. 12, 1911
Died: Jan. 1997
Inducted 1968

Faragalli starred with leading Eastern teams, particularly the high-scoring Faber Cement Blocks. He was a teammate of and often a doubles partner with fellow Hall of Famers such as Lou Campi, Chuck Pezzano, Tony Sparando and Graz Castellano. He hit a television jackpot on June 18, 1957 when he rolled a 300 game worth $10,000 on a film series in Chicago. He had an 835 series on that show and had total earnings of $17,000. One year later he won his only ABC title.

BASIL (BUZZ) FAZIO
Delton, Mich.
Born: Feb. 7, 1908
Died: Feb. 16, 1993
Inducted 1963

Fazio captained the Strohs Beer team for nine seasons, then moved to St. Louis in 1957 to form the Falstaff Beer team. The three-time ABC champion had been a star in Akron, Ohio, before joining Strohs in 1947. In the fall of 1955, he won seven straight live television matches in Chicago. He also had an 802 in Detroit, the first live 800 ever televised. He won the 1955 Masters before losing the 1968 title to Pete Tountas, 29, who came out of the losers bracket to win both matches in the double elimination finals.

STEVE FEHR
Cincinnati
Born: Nov. 14, 1954
Inducted 1993

The youngest person to be elected to the ABC Hall of Fame prior to Duke, Fehr had a successful career in amateur, international and professional competition until wrist surgery in June 1986 ended his touring pro career. Fehr's success in international competition came during the 1981 FIQ American Zone Tournament in Winnipeg, Canada, winning two golds and a silver medal. He showed in 1989, however, that he can still fare well as he and wife Nancy captured the Brunswick Gold Rush National Mixed Doubles event in Las Vegas. He won the 1994 ABC Bud Light Masters, becoming the first to win the Master after induction into the Hall of Fame. Fehr, the 1981 Bowlers Journal Amateur Bowler of the Year, has captured three ABC Tournament titles and has nine top 10 finishes.

RUSS GERSONDE
Milwaukee, Wis.
Born: Sept. 15, 1907
Died: March 14, 1989
Inducted 1968

A one-time ABC champion, Gersonde was one of the tallest of the leading bowlers at 6-4 1/2. He bowled on Milwaukees best teams for many years. Gersonde won 12 major doubles titles, seven with Bert Barkow, four with fellow Hall of Famer Frank Benkovic and one with Ernie Imse. His five Wisconsin B.A. all-events titles is an all-time record.

THERMAN GIBSON
Detroit
Born: Jan. 30, 1917
Died: March 28, 1969
Inducted 1965

He won seven ABC championships as a member of the fabled E&B/Pfeiffer lineup that included George Young, Fred Bujack, Lou Sielaff, Chuck O'Donnell, Don Carter and Bill Bunetta. All are in the ABC Hall of Fame. He once bowled a 268 triplicate. Gibson won $75,000 for rolling six straight strikes on the Jackpot Bowling TV show on Jan. 2, 1961. He also was a member of five BPAA team champions under the E&B banner and his other tournament titles number 18.

JIM GODMAN
Melbourne, Fla.
Born: Jan. 5, 1946
Died: May 3, 2001
Inducted 1987

Godman was one of the ABC Tournament's most prolific bowlers during the 1970s. He thrilled the crowd at the 1974 ABC Tournament by unleashing 67 strikes and a 2,184 all-events total. He was the first man in ABC Tournament history to record three 700 series in one Tournament. Godman's performance in the 1974 ABC Tournament resulted in his two ABC championships, but he had success on ABC Tournament lanes before that. He also rolled 11 consecutive 1,800 all-events totals from 1968-78 and shot a 299 game in Classic doubles in 1974. He reached another personal high in 1969 when he won the Tournament of Champions, a title he won again in 1973.

BOB GOIKE
Belleville, Mich.
Born: Dec. 6, 1953
Inducted 1996

Goike won the 1984 ABC all-events title with a then-record 2,142 and established a 10-year average record in 1993 with 218. Since his title he has accumulated six other ABC Tournament top 10 finishes including the 1997 and 1998 team all-events titles. A first alternate for TEAM USA 1995, he earned a silver medal in the team event of the 1995 U.S. Olympic Festival.

BILLY GOLEMBIEWSKI
Detroit
Born: July 31, 1929
Died: Jan. 25, 1998
Inducted 1979

Sportswriters tagged Golembiewski with the name Billy G early in his career, and that was the way he was known to thousands who watched him perform. The 5 foot 8, 135 pounder was a great example of how little men can do big things in the bowling game. He won the ABC Masters championship for the first time in 1960, then won it again in 1962. He also won three other ABC titles.

GREG GRIFFO
Syracuse, N.Y.
Born: Feb. 23, 1910
Died: July 20, 2006
Inducted 1995

Griffo competed in his 60th ABC Tournament in 1996, one year after his induction to the ABC Hall of Fame. The next day, he became only the fourth player in Tournament history to surpass 100,000 pins. The 5 foot 2 right-hander carried the highest average in Syracuse for 30 years. Nationally, he won the 1957 Petersen Classic and 1961 Vargo Classic and was winner of the Bowling Writers Association of Americas 1985 Rip Van Winkle Award for accomplishments 20 or more years previous.

JOHN GUENTHER
Edmonds, Wash.
Born: Jan. 19, 1936
Inducted 1988

Still an active bowler in the Seattle area, Guenther owns two ABC Tournament Classic championships and gained national acclaim when he rolled a 300 game on television during a PBA tournament in San Jose, Calif. in 1969. He rolled an 809 league series at age 18 and continued to develop into one of the Northwest's top stars. He earned PBA's Steve Nagy Sportmanship award in 1966 and 1967 and shared it in 1970.

BOB HANSON
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Born: February 2, 1927
Inducted 2004

Hanson achieved fame in ABC Tournament competition and in the international arena. He was a member of one of the most dominant teams in ABC tournament history, the Hamms Beer team in the 1960s and 70s. An eventual second place, 3,029 score in Regular Team, vaulted his team to the 1965 ABC Tournament Team All-Events title. In 1970 and 1972, Hanson's Hamms team also captured the Regular Team titles. As an international competitor, he won gold medals in five-player and eight-player team competition in the 1971 FIQ World Championships. In the 1974 FIQ American Zone Championships in Caracas, Venezuela, he earned a silver medal in eight-man team and a bronze in doubles with partner Ron Woolet. At the local and state level, Hanson was also a dominant player winning more than 30 titles in his native Minnesota.

BILLY HARDWICK
Memphis, Tenn.
Born: July 25, 1941
Inducted 1985

Hardwick was voted to Bowling Magazine's Post-1950 All-America team and later as one of teh magazine's "20 Best Bowlers of the 20th Century." He literally burst into national bowling prominence when he won seven PBA titles and two ABC Tournament crowns within three years after entering the pro ranks in 1963-64. All of this came after failing to cash in a single PBA tournament in 1962.

BOB HART
Norcross, Ga.
Born: Aug. 14, 1937
Inducted 1994

Hart was a standout with Detroits Strohs and Goebel Beer teams and won three ABC Tournament titles in 1974. The 1954 National Junior Singles champion won five titles as U.S. representative in the 1974 Tournament of the Americas.

TOM HENNESSEY
St. Louis
Born: May 11, 1925
Died: July 16, 2001
Inducted 1976

Hennessey was a member of the Ziern Antiques of St. Louis, whose lineup included fellow Hall of Famers Ray Bluth, Pat Patterson and Don Carter in the beginning stages of their careers. He left St. Louis to bowl with the Strohs in Detroit and later returned to join the great Budweisers. He shot 759, including a 300 game, when the Buds bowled the record 3,858 series in 1958. He won four ABC Tournament titles in four years between 1962-65.

DICK HOOVER
Akron, Ohio
Born: Dec. 15, 1929
Inducted 1974

Hoover made his ability apparent at an early age, having an 847 at age 16, the highest series ever rolled in ABC league play by a teenager. In 1950, he became the youngest to win the All-Star tournament, capturing the title the day after his 21st birthday. He was one of only two men to capture consecutive ABC Masters titles, winning the crown in 1956 and 1957. He also won three titles in ABC Tournament Classic division play.

ALVIN (BUD) HORN
Las Vegas
Born: Aug. 15, 1937
Inducted 1992

Horn won four ABC Tournament titles and two PBA crowns in his career. Much of his success has been in the ABC Tournament where he has nine other top 10 finishes, shares the record with 11 consecutive 1,800-plus all-events totals, has a 202 average for 21 years and rolled 300 games in the Masters and Classic singles. Horn rolled the first 300 game in Masters history in the 1961 qualifying. He shot another 300 in the 1976 Classic singles.

GEORGE HOWARD
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Born: Feb. 1, 1930
Inducted 1986

Howard was a steady performer in local competition as well as the ABC Tournament. While not winning an ABC title, he owns three seconds and seven other finishes in the top 10. He went to Detroit from Kalamazoo to join the Strohs team early in his career, then returned to work in a bowling establishment in Kalamazoo.

EDDIE JACKSON
Cincinnati
Born: March 21, 1926
Died: Sept. 8, 2002
Inducted 1988

Jackson was recognized around the world for his coaching abilities as the man who directed U.S. teams in international competition from 1971-79. An international star himself, he won a gold medal in team, silver in doubles and bronze in all-events in the 1969 FIQ American Zone tournament in Puerto Rico. The same year, he won three championships in the Tournament of the Americas in Miami. He won the 1969 ABC Tournament all-events championship and was eligible for the 1971 U.S. Team Trials until he was forced to withdraw for health reasons. He was then appointed coach.

LOWELL JACKSON
Dallas, Texas
Born: January 23, 1909
Died: May 20, 1979
Inducted 2003

He unofficially became the first true professional in bowling when he signed a contract to bowl exhibitions for Brunswick at age 20. Jackson won match game and all-events championships in St. Louis, Tennessee, New Orleans, Dallas and Houston during his colorful career. He also was founder and long-time captain of the famous Hermann's Undertakers team in St. Louis. During the 1935 St. Louis city tournament, Jackson (298) and partner Sam Garafolo (287) bowled a 585 game that stood as the ABC doubles record for 28 years. His most amazing feat, however, was topping bowlers from 42 other states for the right to compete for the 1939 and 1940 National Match Games Championships. Jackson lost both multi-city, 160-game match play events to another ABC legend, Ned Day. Beyond his exploits as a bowler, the nearly blind Jackson altered the game forever when he introduced the idea of using "markers" (dots and arrows) on the lanes for targeting purposes.

MARK C. JENSEN
Wichita, Kansas
Born: August 14, 1948
Inducted 2002

Jensen honed his on-lanes skills early in Wichita with the help of his father and he reached his first pinnacle by winning an ABC Tournament eagle in doubles with Mark Lewis in 1988 as well as being a part of the team all-events champions. The right-hander followed with a team title for Wichita's Chilton Vending in 1989 and owns four other top 10 finishes in that national competition. He compiled a 200-plus average for nearly 30 years in that event and he bowled a 300 game in the ABC tournament the year he was inducted.. Jensen also won the inaugural FIQ World Senior Open Masters title in Reno in 2001 and three senior division titles in the 2001 Tournament of the Americas.

EARL JOHNSON
Minneapolis
Born: Nov. 28, 1928
Died: June 23, 2006
Inducted 1987

Johnson was an outstanding bowler over four decades, first in his native Tacoma, Wash., later in Chicago and then in Minneapolis where he lived since the early 1960s. Johnson was recruited by Buddy Bomar to move from Tacoma to Chicago and bowl with Bomar's Falstaff Beer team. Later, he performed with other great Chicago teams before moving to the Twin Cities for a stint in the National Bowling League. Johnson won three ABC Tournament titles and had four other top 10 finishes.

JOE JOSEPH
Lansing, Mich.
Born: April 11, 1918
Died: June 10, 1988
Inducted 1969

Joseph, noted for one of the smoothest deliveries in the bowling game, was an outstanding semipro football player and fastpitch softball pitcher in his younger days. However, he made bowling his major sport and went on to win three ABC titles plus eight other finishes in the top 10. He won the first Tournament of Champions in 1962 after winning his first pro tournament in St. Louis that same year. He also teamed with Tommy Hudson to win the inaugural Great and Greatest tournament in 1978.

LEE JOUGLARD
Detroit
Born: Jan. 12, 1921
Died: Nov. 18, 1978
Inducted 1979

Jouglard won the first ABC Masters Tournament in 1951. He also captured the ABC Tournament singles and team all-events titles that year en route to earning BWAA Bowler of the Year honors. He was one of the few stars who stayed with the three-step approach. While an outstanding individual performer, he always was considered one of the best team players in the country.