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

FRANK KARTHEISER
Chicago
Born: Nov. 14, 1888
Died: Dec. 19, 1968
Inducted 1967

Kartheiser began a brilliant career in 1899 when he was 11 years old. He became interested in the sport and began to earn money by setting pins. Within a few years his skill improved, and he was sought by top-flight Chicago teams, including the famous Brunswick Mineralites. He was a top star on that club for 10 years. In addition to his league performances, Kartheiser was considered one of the nation's top head-to-head competitors. He held the national match game championship in 1926 and among his seven other tournament titles was the Petersen Classic in 1924.

ED KAWOLICS
Chicago
Born: Nov. 15, 1907
Died: Dec. 4, 1976
Inducted 1968

Kawolics gained his early fame in Cleveland and then bowled with several outstanding Chicago teams, including those captained by Buddy Bomar and Paul Krumske, who also are in the Hall of Fame. In addition to his two ABC championships, he won 20 other tournament titles. As a professional, Kawolics was ineligible to compete in the 5th FIQ World Tournament in Mexico City in 1963. However, he was named coach of both the men's and women's teams, the first ever to represent the U.S. in world competition.

JOSEPH KISSOFF
Cleveland
Born: March 21, 1901
Died: July 18, 1976
Inducted 1976

Kissoff won the 1953 ABC Tournament doubles championship with Eddie Koepp and captured eight other tournament titles. He was a billiards expert in his youth, adept at the kiss shot. His real name was Zelinsky, but he finally adopted Kissoff as a reflection of his billiards skill. He was equally adept on the bowling lanes.

JOHN KLARES
Las Vegas
Born: July 13, 1910
Died: Jan. 31, 1997
Inducted 1982

The 1952 ABC Tournament was a memorable one for Klares as he captured two titles, establishing one record in the process. He teamed with fellow Hall of Famer Steve Nagy to win the doubles championship with a then-record 1,453 series, Klares contributing 755. The record stood until 1989. He also captained Radiart Corp. of Cleveland and led it to the team all-events title. After later moving to California, he served as technical adviser on Milton Berles Jackpot Bowling television show and became nationally recognized for being the umpire on that show.

WILLIAM KNOX
Philadelphia
Born: April 21, 1887
Died: May 16, 1944
Inducted 1954

In 1913 in Toledo, Knox rolled the first 300 game in ABC Tournament history. He won the ABC all-events title 10 years later with 2,019, the first total above 2,000 and the record until 1933. Knox built a great reputation for match game and league bowling in the East. He once rolled a 300 game while a screen was suspended at the foul line so he couldn't see the pins.

JOHN KOSTER
East Nyack, N.Y.
Born: Jan. 21, 1872
Died: Aug. 14, 1945
Inducted 1941

Koster was the first to win four ABC Tournament titles, a record unmatched until Joe Wilman won his fourth in 1954. Only 27 pins kept Koster from winning the singles title in the first ABC Tournament in 1901.

EDWARD KREMS
Chicago
Born: Feb. 2, 1893
Died: June 9, 1978
Inducted 1973

Krems was regarded as the best all-around bowler in Chicago in the 1920s. He was captain of the strong Pabst team for many years. From 1926 through 1935, he had a 200 ABC Tournament average. He won an ABC championship in 1920 and nine other tournament titles.

JOSEPH KRISTOF
Columbus, Ohio
Born: Dec. 8, 1920
Inducted 1968

Kristof made his name in Chicago as a member of the Kathryns and Tavern Pales teams that won the BPAA team championships in 1947, 1948 and 1949. He was also captain of the famed Pabst team from 1955-59. Known as one of the game's great stylists, Kristof later moved to Columbus to open his own pro shop. He finished second to Hall member Buzz Fazio in the 1955 Masters. He won his only ABC title six years later, teaming with Hall member Don Ellis for the Classic doubles crown.

PAUL KRUMSKE
Chicago
Born: July 25, 1912
Died: July 23, 1979
Inducted 1968

Krumske captained numerous great Chicago teams, among them King Louie and Meister Brau. He also developed many young stars. He was voted Chicago's bowler of the half-century in a 1951 Chicago Bowler newspaper poll. Krumske won the National Match Game title in 1944 from Ned Day, but lost the title a month later in the All-Star Tournament. He was one of the few to have won three national match play titles in individual, doubles and team play.

HERBERT LANGE
Lake Mills, Wis.
Born: June 20, 1901
Died: Oct. 8, 1982
Inducted 1941

Lange rose to early stardom as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin, paying his way through school with money won in tournaments. He was the first to roll nine 200 games in one ABC Tournament, doing it in 1922. Six years later, he won his only ABC title. He also was the first to have five all-events totals above 1,900. Lange bowled with such famous Chicago teams as the 1928 ABC champion Oh Henrys, Monarch Beer, Quaker Oats and Chapin & Gore.

HANK LAUMAN
Los Angeles
Born: Feb. 16, 1916
Died: Aug. 2, 1993
Inducted 1976

Lauman bowled with the Hermann Undertakers of St. Louis for several years. The sponsor, the late Cone Hermann, is believed to be the first to pay a bowler a yearly salary. This was his arrangement with Lauman for nearly three years after Lauman's discharge from the service and until he moved to California in 1949. He was second in doubles and all-events in the 1947 ABC Tournament and earned $1,531, the most of any individual that year.

MARK LEWIS
Wichita, Kansas
Born: June 17, 1955
Inducted 2004

Lewis vaulted into national attention in 1987 when he became the sport's first male National Amateur Champion. It was the start of an outstanding amateur career that included consecutive berths on Team USA (1988 and 1989) as well as success in ABC Tournament and international competition. In the 1988 ABC Tournament he was a member of the Chilton Vending team that won the team all-events title and he partnered with fellow Hall of Famer Mark Jensen to win Regular Doubles. Also in 1988, he was bowling's representative in the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, where bowling was conducted as an exhibition sport. He finished sixth in the individual competition. In 1989, he returned with Chilton Vending to win the Regular Team title and won a gold medal in trios and a silver medal in team in the 1989 FIQ American Zone Championships. He won his fourth ABC Tournament title in 2001 as a member of Team USA Support No. 2, which won the Team All-Events title.

BILL LILLARD
Houston
Born: Oct. 13, 1927
Inducted 1972

After winning his first two ABC Tournament titles in 1955 with the Detroit Pfeiffers, Lillard made bowling history on March 24-25, 1956 when he became the first man to win four titles in one ABC Tournament, bowling with the team and team all-events champion Falstaffs, pairing with Stan Gifford for the doubles crown and capturing the individual all-events as well. He gained his seventh title in 1962, then tied Hall of Famer Fred Bujack for the most lifetime ABC championships when he notched his eighth in Classic Team in 1971.

TONY LINDEMANN
Detroit
Born: May 23, 1919
Inducted 1979

Lindemann became active in bowling after moving to Detroit in 1942 and soon developed enough talent to join some of the strongest teams in that city. He became a member of the Strohs in 1950 and succeeded Buzz Fazio, also an ABC Hall of Famer, as captain of that crew in 1957. He was a double winner in the 1951 ABC as a member of the team all-events champion while also winning the individual all-events. Lindemann also won the BPAA National Doubles in 1951, 1952 and 1954 with Fazio and won the team championship with Strohs in 1952, 1953 and 1954.

MORT LINDSEY
Stamford, Conn.
Born: Dec. 20, 1888
Died: May 16, 1959
Inducted 1941

Lindsey was one of the first of the game's colorful performers, a delightful storyteller, an admirer of good food and a fearless competitor under any conditions. The three-time ABC Tournament champion started bowling in 1902 but leaned toward semipro baseball as a catcher and also was proficient at billiards. At age 64, he finished fourth in the Bowlers Journal tournament and until age slowed him a few years later, he entered many events where most of the competitors were less than half his age.

HARRY LIPPE
Chicago
Born: Nov. 8, 1911
Died: Oct. 1, 1995
Inducted 1989

Regarded as one of the finest team bowlers in the Chicago area for many years, Lippe was one of the unsung stars of a bygone era. His 36-year ABC Tournament average was 193 and he was a member of the Old Fitzgerald fivesome that captured the 1963 team title and 1964 team all-events crown. He also captured two gold medals in the 1963 FIQ World Championships in Mexico City when ABC made its official debut in international events.

ED LUBANSKI
Detroit
Born: Sept. 3, 1929
Inducted 1971

In 1959, Lubanski became the second man to win four ABC titles in one Tournament, after earning one crown in 1951. He quit baseball at the age of 21 to join Ebber (Sarge) Easter (67 years old) as the youngest-oldest duo ever crowned BPAA National Doubles champions. Lubanski was one of the last of the top stars to use a two-finger ball. He also was a member of BPAA championship teams in 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1964.

VINCE LUCCI SR.
Morrisville, Pa.
Born: Oct. 6, 1912
Died: Jan. 29, 1998
Inducted 1978

Lucci rolled his first 300 game in the doubles of the 1951 ABC Tournament in St. Paul, Minn. By winning the all-events title in 1960, Lucci became the second person in history to roll a perfect game in one ABC Tournament and win a championship in another. Fellow Hall member Billy Knox was the first. Lucci won three events in the 1978 ABC National Seniors Tournament and rolled a 300 game at age 80 in 1993.

HANK MARINO
Milwaukee
Born: Nov. 27, 1889
Died: July 12, 1976
Inducted 1941

Marino came to Chicago when he was 11 years old and it was there he began his career and became a star. He moved to Milwaukee in 1930 where he operated a bowling establishment until retiring in 1965. He was the only bowler of prominence to spin the ball while it was hanging on the thumb. The one-time ABC champion was elected Bowler of the Half Century in 1951 and later named to the Bowling Magazine's Pre-1950 All-America team. He won three championships in the Berlin international competition held before the 1936 Olympics.

JOHN MARTINO
Syracuse, N.Y.
Born: July 8, 1897
Died: Sept. 2, 1985
Inducted 1969

Martino made his mark in three levels of the game. He was an outstanding bowler, holding a 190 average after 41 ABC Tournaments. In 1929, he won the all-events title in an international event in Stockholm, Sweden, the first gold medal won by an American in international play. He also was active in administrative positions, serving as ABC President (1947-48) and president of the New York and Syracuse associations. He also served as the first president of the Bowling Writers Association of America.

ANDY MARZICH
Torrance, Calif.
Born: July 3, 1935
Inducted 1993

A three-time ABC Tournament champion, Marzich owns three other top 10 finishes and a 25-year career Tournament average of 195. He captured doubles with Dick Jensen in 1960 and earned team titles with the Falstaffs in 1964 and Shur-Hooks in 1966. Marzich won the first of his six PBA titles in St. Paul in 1962 and the last in San Diego in 1964. He was a member of the Falstaffs when they captured the 1963 National Team Match Game event and joined Ed Hardnett in winning the 1962 Bowlers Journal doubles.

MIKE McGRATH
Anaheim, Calif.
Born: May 13, 1946
Inducted 1993

McGrath made a sensational professional debut, winning the first PBA tournament he entered in 1965 at Portland, Ore. at age 19. He also was the hero in the first ABC Tournament Classic division team rolloff series in 1970 at Knoxville, Tenn. when he converted the difficult 1-3-6-9 spare that brought his Merchant Enterprises the title by eight pins. He later added two other ABC titles. In 1970, he became the first bowler to win consecutive PBA National Tournament titles. He retired from the tour with 10 titles.

JAMES (JUNIE) McMAHON
River Edge, N.J.
Born: Jan. 3, 1912
Died: Nov. 1, 1974
Inducted 1955

McMahon was one of the great ABC Tournament bowlers of all time. Starting with his first Tournament in 1937, he rolled four straight 1,800s, missed by 21 pins in 1941 and then had seven more 1,800s on his way to two titles. He bowled with leading New York area teams until 1945 when he moved to Chicago, where he competed with the Monarch and Meister Brau teams. He moved to Fair Lawn, N.J. shortly after winning the 1951 All-Star tournament. McMahon was named to the Bowling Magazine Pre-1950 All-America second team, and was voted BWAA Bowler of the Year in 1950.

DAROLD MEISEL
Muskego, Wis.
Born: Nov. 7, 1947
Died: May 13, 1994
Inducted 1998

Meisel constructed a brilliant career on the national and international levels. He captured the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs American Zone Masters title in 1989 to cap a career that included 24 medals in international competition for TEAM USA. Meisel was the National Amateur Champion in 1988 and had four ABC Tournament Championships. He also won numerous state and local titles.

WALTER (SKANG) MERCURIO
Cleveland
Born: July 24, 1896
Died: Jan. 25, 1972
Inducted 1967

Mercurio was an outstanding Cleveland tenpin star for almost three decades. Skang, a nickname picked up from a baseball catcher of a bygone era, Wally Schang, turned in one of bowling's greatest performances when he averaged 238 for an entire season in the Tomasch All-Star league in 1934-35. In 1929, Mercurio lost a 60-game match against Ad Carlson by 240 pins, but completed the 60 games without a miss. He stretched that mark to 65 games before missing a 10 pin.

NORM MEYERS
St. Louis
Born: Dec. 30, 1933
Died: June 26, 1981
Inducted 1984

If ever anyone came to bowl in the annual ABC Tournament, Meyers was the man. He won four Classic Division championships in the 1960s and 70s and finished in the top 10 another 16 times, including the runnerup position on four occasions. In 1971, he bowled series of 847, 816 and 806 in a four-hour span in a doubles tournament. He is the only man named Southern California Bowler of the Year three times and was the brother-in-law of Hall of Famer Dick Weber.

STEVE NAGY
Cleveland
Born: Aug. 10, 1913
Died: Nov. 10, 1966
Inducted 1963

Nagy bowled in his first ABC Tournament in 1939 as a Booster division entrant and 13 years later set an ABC doubles record (1,453) with fellow Hall of Famer Johnny Klares that stood until 1989. Nagy compiled an outstanding record during the 1950s, including five ABC championships and selection to Bowling Magazine's All-America first team twice (1956, 1958) and the second team in 1957. He was named BWAA Bowler of the Year in 1952 and 1955, and he earned a first-team berth on Bowling Magazine's Post-1950 All-America.

JOE NORRIS
San Diego
Born: Feb. 10, 1908
Died: Feb. 19, 2001
Inducted 1954

Norris, still an active bowler at 92, became the third person in ABC Tournament history to knock down 100,000 pins on March 12, 1986. He set the record for all-time pinfall on March 10, 1992 and omvtrsdrf jod trvptf ypys; yp 123,770 pin in his final appearance in 2000. Norris averaged 193 average for 71 ABCs, tied for the most years of participation in Tournament history. On Dec. 14, 1994, he became the oldest person with a 300 game at age 86, a record that stood for more than four years. Norris, who had become well known through his bowling feats in Detroit, started on the road to superstardom when he organized the Strohs Beer team in 1933. Under his captaincy, the Strohs won the 1934 ABC Tournament championship (he won two other ABC titles) and also won the National Match Game championship five times between 1934 and 1945. He also competed in the international exhibition before the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.

CHUCK O'DONNELL
St. Louis
Born: Oct. 12, 1913
Died: March 28, 2001
Inducted 1968

O'Donnell learned his bowling in St. Louis and soon developed enough skill to join the famous Hermann Undertakers. He later moved to Detroit and was a standout on the E&B and Pfeiffers teams before returning to St. Louis to open a bowling supply store. The two-time ABC champion was a member of the Budweiser lineup of Pat Patterson, Don Carter, Bill Lillard, Dick Weber, Ray Bluth and Tom Hennessey, all of whom are in the Hall. Ironically, the night the Buds bowled the record 3,858 series, O'Donnell was captain of the opposing Pulaski Savings team which had a 3,494 total.

GEORGE PAPPAS
Charlotte, N.C.
Born: March 1, 1947
Inducted 1989

Pappas extended his excellent ABC Tournament consistency record in 1988 when he took over the lead for lifetime average with his 209.67 mark for 20 years, continuing in the top spot through 1997 at 209.67. Pappas victory in the 1979 Tournament of Champions capped a fine decade for the former PBA President. In the 1970s, Pappas won six PBA titles, 10 PBA regionals, two ABC Tournament championships and had 12 other top 10 ABC finishes. In recognition of his accomplishments, he was named four times to Bowling Magazine's All-America second team in the 70s before making it to the first team in 1979.

PAT PATTERSON
St. Louis
Born: Oct. 30, 1925
Died: May 9, 1972
Inducted 1974

Patterson was low man with 736 when the St. Louis Budweisers bowled the record 3,858 series in 1958. Earlier, he was a member of the Ziern Antiques, a great St. Louis team that included Tom Hennessey, Ray Bluth and Don Carter at the beginning of their careers. Patterson was a member of the Budweiser team when it was organized and succeeded Whitey Harris as captain, continuing in that role when the team later became Don Carter Gloves. The team, under the two names, won six BPAA team championships, and Carter Gloves captured the 1962 ABC Classic team title.

RICK POLLARD
Versailles, Ind.
Born: May 3, 1960
Inducted 2006

Rick Pollard, along with brother Ron, excelled in the American Bowling Congress Championships Tournament (now USBC Open Championships). He was a member of the winning 1996 ABC Tournament team all-events champion which bowled a record 10,425 total and also finished third in doubles. He also was a member of the second-place ABC Tournament Regular team in 1994. He has four other ABC Tournament top 10 finishes. Along with other national, state and local titles, he was a member of the 1998 ABC/Brunswick World Team Challenge Grand Championship team.

RON POLLARD
Versailles, Ind.
Born: Nov. 4, 1961
Inducted 2006

Ron Pollard, along with brother Rick, excelled in the American Bowling Congress Championships Tournament (now USBC Open Championships). He was a member of the winning 1996 ABC Tournament team all-events champion which bowled a record 10,425 total and also finished third in doubles. He also was a member of the second-place ABC Tournament Regular team in 1994. Rick has five other ABC Tournament top 10 finishes. Along with other national, state and local titles, he was a member of the 1998 ABC/Brunswick World Team Challenge Grand Championship team.

JOHN (JUNIOR) POWELL
Maumee, Ohio
Born: Oct. 1, 1924
Inducted 2000

Powell's prominence came from the 1950s through early 1970s. He had six top 10 ABC Tournament finishes including second places in Classic all-events in 1962 and in the team event in 1971. His other top five finishes were fourth in the 1950 doubles with Bill Meyers and fourth in the 1959 Masters. He also was runner-up in the 1959 Petersen Classic singles.

DICK RITGER
River Falls, Wis.
Born: Nov. 3, 1938
Inducted 1984

Ritger, once a top-flight professional, now devotes full time to his career as an instructor worldwide. Ritger became the fourth man to win 20 PBA titles and the first bowler to be elected to a college or university hall of fame. That honor came in 1979 when his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, inducted him to the Wall of Fame. The two-time ABC titlist has authored several bowling instructional books including the ABC instruction book, Bowlers Guide.

ANDY ROGOZNICA
Chicago
Born: Nov. 20, 1926
Died: June 1990
Inducted 1993

Rogoznica was born in Yugoslavia but nurtured his bowling career in Chicago. He won the 1966 ABC Classic doubles with Jim Stefanich and finished second in team twice. He also finished third, fourth, eighth and 10th in other ABC Tournament appearances and averaged 196 for 37 years. He won the 1962 PBA Birmingham Open and was first in the 1965 BPAA Team Match Game championships.

CARMEN SALVINO
Chicago
Born: Nov. 23, 1933
Inducted 1979

Salvino first burst onto the national scene when helped Tri-Par Radio to the 1954 ABC title. He later won another ABC title when he teamed with Barry Asher for the 1972 Classic doubles crown. His PBA career was going smoothly until he began a slump in 1969 that lasted until 1973 when he and engineer Hank Lahr devised the Equation bowling ball which turned his game around. He now is very much involved with new developments in bowling balls. He returned to show his prowess on the lanes with a Senior tour win in 1984 and a Senior/Touring Pro title with Randy Pedersen in 1988.

TODD SAVOY
Superior, Wisconsin
Born: July 27, 1959
Inducted 2005

Savoy is one of bowling's most prolific team players earning five team titles while averaging 214.2 for 22 tournaments, second among active players. He was a member of the Minnesota Loons teams that won the 1984 team and team all-events, 1985 team all-events and 1988 team titles. Bowling with Linds Lakers, he also won the 2002 team all-events title. His prowess as a team competitor carried over to international competition where he won gold medals in the five-player and trio events and a bronze in doubles in the 1985 Federation Internationale des Quilleurs American Zone Championships in Bogota, Colombia.

LES SCHISSLER
Denver
Born: May 12, 1930
Inducted 1991

Schissler rolled one of bowling's most dramatic games when he strung 12 strikes for a 300 in the Classic team event in the 1967 ABC Tournament. It was the first 300 in team play in ABC Tournament history. In 1966, he also had a brilliant ABC performance, taking three titles. Schissler returned to the pro spotlight when he finished fourth in the 1983 ABC Masters.

ERNIE SCHLEGEL
Vancouver, Wash.
Born: April 11, 1943
Inducted 1997

Schlegel, a steady and controversial performer on the pro tour, once was known for his flamboyant antics and attire on the lanes. The 1996 ABC Bud Light Masters champion has won six PBA tour titles. He also has had success in ABC Tournament competition as a member of the 1970 Classic team champion Merchants, finishing third with Basch Advertising in Classic team in 1976 and fifth in Classic doubles with Joe Nuzzo in 1978. The PBA Hall of Famer served as PBA president in 1987 and 1988.

JIM SCHROEDER
Buffalo, N.Y.
Born: May 31, 1929
Inducted 1990

Schroeder's bowling talents, developed in Buffalo, were good enough to earn him spots on outstanding teams in St. Louis (Falstaffs) and Detroit (Strohs). The 1976 ABC Classic singles champ is a charter member of the PBA and has been a member of the AMF Staff of Champions for 30 years. He served for years as bowling director for Special Olympics International.

CONNIE SCHWOEGLER
Madison, Wis.
Born: Jan. 2, 1917
Died: Aug. 3, 1982
Inducted 1968

Schwoegler became a bowling sensation when he won the 1942 All-Star at age 24 and repeated as champion in 1948. He was named BWAA Bowler of the Year in 1949. Schwoegler won 15 other tournament titles. In 1948, Schwoegler pioneered an extended ball grip which was copyrighted under his name and led to the popularity of what is now known as the fingertip grip.

DON SCUDDER
Cincinnati
Born: Sept. 21, 1951
Inducted 1999

Scudder won the first of three ABC Tournament titles in 1982 as part of the Carl's Bowlers Paddock team champion. His other ABC Tournament victories were in 1992 in team all-events with Pollard's Bowl and in singles. In 1998, he was a member of ABBA Treb de Fox that captured the Brunswick/ABC World Team Challenge Grand Championships. He also has won three Petersen Classic and two Hoinke Classic team titles and Bowler's Journal and International Eliminator singles crowns.

TEATA SEMIZ
River Edge, N.J.
Born: April 16, 1934
Inducted 1991

Semiz has been one of the nation's best bowlers, dividing his time between the PBA Senior tour and his pro shop. He won the ABC Tournament Classic singles and all-events titles in 1972. Semiz has won 10 PBA titles and has also done well in ABC Masters play, finishing fourth in 1973, seventh in 1983 and 11th in 1987. Semiz also rolled a 300 in match play of the 1983 Masters and finished fifth in the 1997 Masters. Semiz became the oldest player to win a Senior PBA Tour title in Seminole, Fla., in 1997 at age 63.

LOUIS SIELAFF
Detroit
Born: Dec. 10, 1915
Died: May 1, 1964
Inducted 1968

Sielaff captained the Pfeiffers team from its organization as E&B in 1944 until 1958 when he turned over the reins to Ed Lubanski. He was part of seven of E&B/Pfeiffers's unprecedented four ABC Tournament team titles and five team all-events championships. Sielaff, who captured 13 other tournament titles, remained the seventh man in the Pfeiffer lineup after stepping down as captain.

JOSEPH SINKE
Chicago
Born: Jan. 28, 1909
Died: June 26, 1981
Inducted 1977

Sinke teamed with Herb Freitag to win the 1940 ABC Tournament doubles title, and he won the BPAA doubles crown with fellow Hall of Famer Paul Krumske in 1945. His list of other tournament titles numbered 19. Sinke also was a standout for several years in the Chicago Classic league. He used a two-finger ball and a three-step approach.

BILLY SIXTY
Milwaukee
Born: Nov. 30, 1899
Died: Nov. 1, 1983
Inducted 1961

Sixty wrote for the Milwaukee Journal sports staff from 1914-74. He was noted nationally for both golf and bowling writing, plus being highly proficient at both sports. He captained several outstanding Milwaukee teams including the match game champion Heil Products. He won the Wisconsin Match Game championship in 1931, 1932, 1937 and 1944. He won one ABC title.

HARRY SMITH
Akron, Ohio
Born: April 29, 1930
Inducted 1978

Smith gained a reputation as an outstanding bowler while still in his teens in the Cleveland area. He moved to Detroit in 1955 and performed with the great Pfeiffers team, then moved to St. Louis to compete with the Falstaffs. Called Tiger by his bowling rivals because of his fierce competitive spirit, he has won four ABC Tournament titles and owns an outstanding ABC Masters record, winning the 1963 title and having five other finishes in the top eight.

JIMMY SMITH
Buffalo, N.Y.
Born: Sept. 19, 1885
Died: April 21, 1946
Inducted 1941

Smith was principally an exhibition bowler, although he won two ABC Tournament all-events titles. He was named to the first team of Bowling Magazine's Pre-1950 All-America squad. He twice won the Petersen Classic in Chicago. In 1928, in one of the few arranged matches of his career, he defeated John (Count) Gengler to send that fabled hustler into retirement.

DAVE SOUTAR
Bradenton, Fla.
Born: March 7, 1940
Inducted 1985

Soutar still is active on the PBA Senior Tour, where he won the 1990 Senior/Touring Pro Doubles event and 2000 ABC Senior Masters. In 1973, he became the first undefeated ABC Masters champion in six years. He owns one other ABC Tournament crown plus many other high finishes. Dave and his wife Judy are one of the few successful husband-wife pro bowling teams. Judy also is a member of the USBC Hall of Fame.

TONY SPARANDO
Rego Park, N.Y.
Born: Jan. 18, 1906
Died: Sept. 22, 1989
Elected 1968

Impaired vision failed to keep Sparando from becoming one of the East's all-time great stars. Tony was one of the few remaining top stars who pin bowled rather than spot bowled. Among famous Eastern teams he bowled with were Ronson Lighters and Faber Cement Block. Teammates on the Fabers included fellow Hall of Famers Lou Campi, Lindy Faragalli, Chuck Pezzano and Graz Castellano.

BILL SPIGNER
Vernon Hills, Ill.
Born: Oct. 19, 1949
Inducted 2001

Spigner achieved success in both ABC and PBA competition. He earned an ABC Championships Tournament title as a member of the Pollard's Bowl 1996 Team All-Events winner which bowled a record 10,425. He has 12 ABC Tournament top 10 finishes including second place in Classic All-Events in 1977 and the 1994 Regular Team event. In addition to his three PBA titles, he finished second in the 1979 Masters, second in the 1978 U.S. Open and fourth in the 1980 PBA Tournament of Champions.

BARNEY SPINELLA
Born: Feb. 1, 1893
Died: Nov 28, 1991
Inducted 1968

Spinella was nicknamed Jumping Jack during his heyday as one of the greatest bowlers in the New York area because of his leaping antics on the approach after delivering his ball. He was regarded as one of the greatest 1-3 pocket shooters in the sport's history. He was famous in the hardwood duckpin circles and once held the worlds record average for five games (145). He was a three-time ABC Tournament champion, taking the all-events title in 1922 and 1927 and sharing the doubles with brother Chris in 1922.

HARRY STEERS
Chicago
Born: Oct. 3, 1880
Died: Feb. 13, 1963
Inducted 1941

On April 18, 1955, Steers was presented with a diamond lapel pin for being the first man to bowl in 50 ABC Tournaments. Steers did not participate in the first ABC Tournament in 1901, but was a scoremarker. The next year he participated and won the doubles event. He missed again in 1903, then bowled in every one from 1904 until 1962. Steers won the first Petersen Classic in 1921 in Chicago.

JIM STEFANICH
Joliet, Ill.
Born: Nov. 1, 1941
Inducted 1983

An outstanding ABC Tournament competitor, Stefanich has won seven titles, one short of the record. In ABC Masters play, he has finished in third place three times and fifth once. Stefanich also had a fine international career as a non-professional, being a member of the U.S. teams in the 1963 and 1964 FIQ competitions and winning four gold medals. As a professional he has won 13 PBA titles, including the 1967 Tournament of Champions.

OTTO STEIN JR.
St. Louis
Born: Jan. 20, 1893
Died: March 16, 1949
Inducted 1971

Stein compiled an outstanding record in St. Louis, where few challenged his supremacy as a match game bowler in the 1920s and 30s. He was one of the first to roll three 1,900 all-events totals in the ABC Tournament, winning the 1929 crown with 1,974. Stein won the National Match Game title in 1934 by defeating Joe Miller of Buffalo, then lost it the following year to Hank Marino.

MARVIN (BUD) STOUDT
Lebanon, Pa.
Born: Oct. 17, 1931
Inducted 1991

Stoudt's career reached its zenith in 1975 when he became the second straight American to win the coveted FIQ World individual championship in London. Two years later, he earned a title in the mixed foursomes event of the Tournament of the Americas. His clutch 10th frame strike, in the 14th and final game, gave him the all-events title at the Canada-U.S.A. Friendship matches. That reputation became further embellished at the ABC Tournament where the veteran garnered ABC championships in 1968, 1970 and 1978.

BOB STRAMPE
Detroit
Born: April 14, 1931
Inducted 1977

Strampe gained his early fame as a member of leading teams in the Minneapolis area, then joined the Strohs of Detroit. The four-time ABC champion returned to the Twin Cities for a year to bowl with the Minnesota entry in the National Bowling League in 1960-61. When the league folded, he rejoined the Strohs before eventually heading out for the pro tournament trail. He followed Don Carter as the second person to win the BPAA All-Star in 1963, PBA National in 1964 and ABC Masters in 1966. He is one of the few bowlers with 300 games in five different decades.

FRANK THOMA
Chicago
Born: Jan. 29, 1896
Died: Feb. 19, 1980
Inducted 1971

He was one of four Thoma brothers who earned five ABC Tournament championships during a nine-year period. Thoma, one of the top bowlers during the World War I era, had two of those and also recorded many top finishes in Illinois B.A. tournaments and won the Petersen Fall Classic in 1916.

ROD TOFT
Lake Elmo, Minn.
Born: April 30, 1945
Inducted 1991

Toft became a four-time ABC Tournament champion in 1985 as a member of the Minnesota Loons No. 1 team which successfully defended its 1984 team all-events crown. Toft also found success in international play, winning three titles in the 1979 Tournament of the Americas and two in the 1984 event. Toft won a silver medal in the five-player event of the 1983 FIQ World Tournament in Caracas, Venezuela. He also earned one gold and two silver medals in the 1983 Pan-Am Games.

MIKE TOTSKY
Detroit
Born: Aug. 31, 1928
Died: March 25, 1990
Inducted 1996

One of Detroits all-time greats, Totsky was named King of Detroit bowlers five times, a feat unequaled in what is regarded as the nation's strongest bowling community. While he won one ABC title, the 1973 Classic Team crown with the famous Strohs, he had 12 other top 10 finishes and had a 26-year average of 197.

PETE TOUNTAS
Tucson, Ariz.
Born: Aug. 8, 1938
Inducted 1989

Tountas has a share of one of bowling's greatest records with a string of 21 four-game series above 800 in ABC Masters competition, ending with a 794 block of the 1968 finals. The one-time ABC champion went on to win the title that year. However, perhaps his proudest moment came in the 1988 ABC Tournament when he and son Michael finished ninth in doubles.

BILL TUCKER
Detroit
Born: Oct. 10, 1926
Inducted 1988

Tucker came to bowling stardom in St. Louis where he was in the shadow of the top stars with the Budweiser and Falstaff teams of the 1950s. In 1958, he won the ABC doubles with Jim Vrenick, then a decade later rolled a 300 game as he and Don Johnson won the Classic doubles. In 1971, he became the first to roll two 300s on ABC Tournament lanes when he had a perfect game in the Masters. Tucker won the 1961 BPAA All-Star tournament, the first year in which he qualified for the 16-man, round-robin finals.

TOMMY TUTTLE
King, N.C.
Born: May 12, 1929
Died: Nov. 29, 2004
Inducted 1995

Tuttle was a stellar competitor in the ABC Tournament and on the professional tour in the 1960s. His ABC title was in 1965 as a member of the Thelmal Lanes fivesome that captured the Classic team event. Two second-place and two third-place Classic division finishes plus six other top 10 places helped Tuttle to a 201 average for 25 ABCs. He also won three PBA national titles.

GORDON VADAKIN
Wichita, Kan.
Born: Sept. 12, 1953
Inducted: 2007

While Vadakin is eminently qualified in recognition of his coaching contributions at Wichita State University and with Team USA, he was inducted for his skills on the lanes in the non-professional performance category. The 1983 Team USA member earned an FIQ World Championships team silver medal and returned to Team USA in 1989 when he won titles in both the American Bowling Congress Championships and FIQ American Zone Championships. His Chilton Vending team also won the ABC Championships team all-events title in 1988 and he has six other ABC Championships top 10 finishes.

ANDY VARIPAPA
Hempstead, N.Y.
Born: March 31, 1891
Died: Aug. 25, 1984
Inducted 1957

Varipapa developed trick shot bowling to its peak and through that ability starred in the first bowling film short, Strikes and Spares, in 1934. He made more such films than any bowler. He was a leading instructor and exhibition bowler, one of the first to make nationwide tours. Varipapa's bowling ability often was overshadowed by his trick shooting, but his achievements on the lanes have been almost legendary. At age 55, he won the 1946 All-Star tournament and the following year became the first to repeat as All-Star champion. He also won the BPAA doubles in 1947 and 1948 with fellow Hall of Famer Lou Campi.

BRIAN VOSS
Alpharetta, Ga.
Born: Aug. 4, 1958
Inducted 2008

Voss found direction in his life after joining the U.S. Army as a teenager. It was a life-changing experience that taught him self-discipline and gave him lots of time to develop his bowling skills as well. After his discharge, the two-time All-Army champion unsuccessfully tested the PBA waters in 1982. A year later, he won the first of 24 PBA titles and launched a career that earned him more than $2 million. His finest year was 1988 when he won the PBA National Championship and was elected male bowler of the year. He made 82 career television appearances and had a streak of 12 consecutive years when he won at least one title.

WALTER WARD
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Born: Nov. 29, 1897
Died: Feb. 8, 1984
Elected 1959

During World War II, Ward gave exhibitions at 263 military bases. He had series scores of at least 700 an amazing 317 times. Ward holds six Cleveland B.A. titles and three Ohio B.A. titles.

DICK WEBER
St. Louis
Born: Dec. 23, 1929
Died: Feb. 14, 2005
Inducted 1970

No bowler has spanned decades of superior performance better than this Indianapolis native who won pro tournaments in six decades. Weber came on the scene in the 1950s with the fabled Budweisers of St. Louis and has won major titles in nearly every portion of the United States. The three-time Bowler of the Year won one ABC Tournament title, is a four-time All-Star champion and teamed with Ray Bluth to win four BPAA doubles crowns and was a member of six BPAA national team champions. Weber was voted to the Bowling Magazine All-America first team 11 times. He was edged by teammate Don Carter in 1970 voting for the honor of Greatest Bowler of All-Time but was chosen as the best in the 1900s in a 1999 Bowling Magazine poll. As a member of the Buds, Weber bowled 258, 258, 259 when the team posted the longtime record 3,858 in 1958.

PETE WEBER
St. Ann, Missouri
Born: Aug. 21, 1962
Inducted 2002

Weber established a record never to be broken when he rolled a 300 in his first ABC sanctioned adult league game at age 15. Since then he went on to become one of the best known players in PBA history, surpassing his legendary father Dick in 2001 when he won his 27th pro title. They are the second father-son players to earn Hall membership. The right-hander became the third $2 million winner and was a 10-time Bowling Magazine All-American. He finished second twice in the ABC Masters. Weber was the youngest player to complete the PBAs Triple Crown and he is the only player to win the U.S. Open four times.

BILLY WELU
Houston
Born: July 30, 1932
Died: May 16, 1974
Inducted 1975

After serving a stint with the Budweisers, Welu became captain of the Falstaffs and led them to national honors in ABC and BPAA team action. He also was a great individual performer, scoring back-to-back victories in the 1964-65 ABC Masters and winning the 1959 All-Star. At 64 and 230 pounds, he was proof that big men can be stars in bowling. For many years, he was the color commentator on PBA telecasts with broadcaster Chris Schenkel.

JOHN WILCOX
Lewisburg, Pa.
Born: Jan. 19, 1947
Inducted 1999

He burst onto the major bowling scene in 1966 when he won the ABC Tournament all-events title with 2,004. Later that year, he earned two gold medals in the Tournament of the Americas in Miami and capped off the year by becoming the first American champion in the World Cup in London. He added another ABC title in 1977 in Classic team and had five other top 10 finishes. His 885 series in 1972 stood as the best three-game set for left-handers for more than two decades and for a while in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he held the ABC record for most career 300 games.

WALTER RAY WILLIAMS JR.
Ocala, Florida
Born: Oct. 6, 1959
Inducted 2005

Williams, who was selected in his first year of eligibility, won the 54th Masters conducted in Reno, Nev., in January 2004 after finishing second the previous year. His 42 career PBA Tour titles took the PBA record from the late Earl Anthony, who won 41 titles plus a pair of ABC Masters championships. Williams is PBA's all-time earnings leader with more than $3.4 million and he has tied Anthony's record of winning at least one PBA Tour title in 14 straight seasons Williams earned a record seven Bowling Writers Association of America Bowler of the Year honors and shares the record of six PBA Player of the Year crowns with Anthony.

JOE WILMAN
Chicago
Born: Dec. 20, 1905
Died: Oct. 22, 1969
Inducted 1951

Wilman was the second man to win four ABC Tournament championships and the first with two 2,000 all-events totals. Wilman was one of the game's leading instructors and analysts. He was an excellent radio and television commentator on bowling. Noted for his ability to play lanes, he also was famous for his ready grin and rapid gum chewing. He was named to Bowling Magazine's first-team All-America Pre-1950 team.

PHIL WOLF
Chicago
Born: Oct. 7, 1869
Died: June 16, 1936
Inducted 1961

Wolf came to Chicago in 1899, where he soon gained a reputation as a rough and ready competitor who never gave up in a match. He won his third ABC Tournament title in 1928 at age 58. Included in his other tournament triumphs was a pair of Illinois B.A. championships.

RICH WONDERS
Racine, Wis.
Born: Dec. 29, 1946
Inducted 1990

Wonders has had a splendid career as a non-professional. In international competition, Wonders won a gold in team and bronze in singles in the 1981 FIQ Zone Tournament and in the 1983 FIQ World won a silver in five-player, bronze in trios and another bronze in all-events. He earned three silver medals in the 1983 Pan-Am Games and also placed fourth in the International Amateur Tournament in 1984. In the U.S., he owns five ABC Tournament titles including three in 1982. In the process, he earned $7,350 to set a single Tournament record and also was the first to post 700-plus series in singles and doubles for two consecutive years.

GEORGE YOUNG
Detroit
Born: Oct. 3, 1909
Died: Aug. 30, 1959
Inducted 1959

Young was a member of the four-time ABC Tournament champion E&B/Pfeiffer team and won two other ABC titles. He had one of the most glittering ABC Tournament records with an unparalleled string of nine consecutive all-events totals above 1,800. Between 1942 and 1958 (with three years out for World War II when there was no Tournament), his only total below 1,800 was 1,778 in 1949. His 202 lifetime average was the highest in history for 20 or more tournaments at that time.

WAYNE ZAHN
Tempe, Ariz.
Born: Jan. 20, 1941
Inducted 1980

Zahn became the youngest bowler ever to be inducted into the ABC Hall of Fame until Nelson Burton Jr.'s induction in 1981. A one-time ABC champion, he was a teenage sensation in Milwaukee, reaching a 222 league average in 1960-61. At age 19, he finished ninth in the All-Star tournament, the youngest ever to finish that high. He later moved to Tempe where he operated a 24-lane center. The 14-time PBA titlist and PBA Hall of Famer rolled the first 300 game ever in the Hall of Fame Tournament in 1989.

LES ZIKES
Chicago
Born: Oct. 15, 1934
Inducted 1983

Zikes is the only man to win ABC Tournament titles in three successive years. He was a member of the winning teams in 1962 and 1963 and took the all-events and team all-events titles in 1964 in addition to two other championships. His 1963 win qualified him for the United States team in the 1963 FIQ World Tournament, thereby launching him on what was to become the most decorated nonprofessional, international career in bowling history. He collected no less than eight gold medals during two FIQ World and one American Zone championships. He was the all-events champion in both the 1963 World and 1964 American Zone. He was the first American bowler elected to the World Bowling Writers Hall of Fame.

GILBERT ZUNKER
Milwaukee
Born: March 14, 1901
Died: Dec. 19, 1938
Inducted 1941

Zunker was a strong team bowler who helped make the Heil Products team consisting of Hall of Fame members Hank Marino, Charley Daw, Ned Day and Billy Sixty a feared club in the middle 1930s. He died at age 37 after suffering a cold for a brief time. He was the first to roll two 700s in one ABC Tournament, posting 750 and 712 while winning the 1933 all-events.