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This is a recap of the 1975 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 17th season, and consisted of 34 events. Earl Anthony became the first PBA player to win seven titles in a season since Dick Weber (1961), while also gaining an unprecedented "three-peat" in the Brunswick PBA National Championship. As he did in 1974, Anthony easily won the player vote for the PBA Player of the Year award. In another historic "first," Anthony earned $107,585 in 1975 to become the first bowler to collect over $100,000 in a single season.

PBA Bowling Tour: 1975 Season

This is a recap of the 1975 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 17th season, and consisted of 34 events. Earl Anthony became the first PBA player to win seven titles in a season since Dick Weber (1961), while also gaining an unprecedented "three-peat" in the Brunswick PBA National Championship . [1] As he did in 1974, Anthony easily won the player vote for the PBA Player of the Year award. In another historic "first," Anthony earned $107,585 in 1975 to become the first bowler to collect over $100,000 in a single season. [2]

Steve Neff made his second PBA Tour win count, capturing the BPAA U.S. Open , while Dave Davis collected his second career Firestone Tournament of Champions trophy.

Don Johnson won his 24th career PBA Tour title in the Tucson Open, which at the time tied him with Dick Weber for the most Tour wins. [3] (Weber, however, had also won four BPAA All-Star events earlier in his career. These were not counted as PBA titles at the time, but were added as titles in 2008 when the PBA amended its rules.)

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• ^ "1976 AMF Grand Prix of Bowling" . PBA.
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This is a recap of the 1975 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 17th season, and consisted of 34 events. Earl Anthony became the first PBA player to win seven titles in a season since Dick Weber (1961), while also gaining an unprecedented "three-peat" in the Brunswick PBA National Championship . [1] As he did in 1974, Anthony easily won the player vote for the PBA Player of the Year award. In another historic "first," Anthony earned $107,585 in 1975 to become the first bowler to collect over $100,000 in a single season. [2]

Steve Neff made his second PBA Tour win count, capturing the BPAA U.S. Open , while Dave Davis collected his second career Firestone Tournament of Champions trophy.

Don Johnson won his 24th career PBA Tour title in the Tucson Open, which at the time tied him with Dick Weber for the most Tour wins. [3] (Weber, however, had also won four BPAA All-Star events earlier in his career. These were not counted as PBA titles at the time, but were added as titles in 2008 when the PBA amended its rules.)

Tournament schedule

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Notes and References

• Web site: 1975 Brunswick-PBA National Championship . PBA.
• Web site: 1976 AMF Grand Prix of Bowling . PBA.
• Web site: 1975 Tucson Open . PBA.

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PBA Bowling Tour: 1975 Season

This is a recap of the 1975 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 17th season, and consisted of 34 events. Earl Anthony became the first PBA player to win seven titles in a season since Dick Weber (1961), while also gaining an unprecedented "three-peat" in the Brunswick PBA National Championship . [1] As he did in 1974, Anthony easily won the player vote for the PBA Player of the Year award. In another historic "first," Anthony earned $107,585 in 1975 to become the first bowler to collect over $100,000 in a single season. [2]

Steve Neff made his second PBA Tour win count, capturing the BPAA U.S. Open , while Dave Davis collected his second career Firestone Tournament of Champions trophy.

Don Johnson won his 24th career PBA Tour title in the Tucson Open, which at the time tied him with Dick Weber for the most Tour wins. [3] (Weber, however, had also won four BPAA All-Star events earlier in his career. These were not counted as PBA titles at the time, but were added as titles in 2008 when the PBA amended its rules.)

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A broadcast of the Professional Bowlers Association that aired on ABC from 1961-1997. A broadcast of the Professional Bowlers Association that aired on ABC from 1961-1997. A broadcast of the Professional Bowlers Association that aired on ABC from 1961-1997.

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P.B.A. Tour Finale Won By Anthony

AKRON, Ohio, April 6 (AP) —Earl Anthony, a 35‐year‐old pro from Tacoma, Wash., produced strikes in the clutch today to capture the top spot in the $125,000 Firestone Tournament of Champions.

Anthony earned $25,000 for beating Johnny Petraglia of Brooklyn, 216 to 213 in the final tourament on the Professional Bowlers' Association winter tour.

The 27‐year‐old top‐seeded Petraglia earned $14,000 for second place. He began the championship game with two strikes and was eight pins ahead after two frames, In to third, he left the 4.6 split, failed to make the spare and fell behind.

Midway through the match, Petraglia doubled and was eight pins ahead of Anthony. But Anthony rolled three straight strikes and regained the lead after the eighth frame.

The Tacoma pro spared in the ninth and got a strike and a spare in the tenth.

Petraglia posted strikes in the eighth and ninth frames, but spilled only nine pins in the tenth and fell three short of Anthony.

To get to the finals. Anthony defeated Curt Schmidt or Fort Wayne, Ind., and Roy Buckley of Columbus, Ohio.

Buckley earned $8,000, Schmidt $6,000 and Larry Laub of Santa Rosa, Calif., $4,000.

New A.R.C. Leader

INDIANAPOLIS, April 6 (AP)—Gene Krauss, 34, a stocky structural iron worker from Cleveland, came within two pins of the regular singles scoring record today as he took first place in the American Bowling Congress tournament.

His 733, on games of 247, 257 and 269, was just shy of the division mark of 775 set by Lee Jouglars in the 1951 tournament at St. Paul, Minn.

Krause's effort moved him into first place, taking over from Earl Stutz Jr., of Norfolk, Va., who hit 755 on March 21.

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The Professional Bowlers Tour , also known as Pro Bowlers Tour , is the broadcast of the Professional Bowlers Association that aired on the American broadcast television network ABC from 1962 to 1997.

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• (1961-1974) Chris Schenkel and Billy Welu
• (1974-1975) Chris Schenkel and various guest commentators
• (1975-1997) Chris Schenkel and Nelson Burton, Jr.

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On some broadcasts, either Schenkel or Burton were on assignments so other commentators filled in.

• Verne Lundquist
• Al Michaels
• Johnny Petraglia
• Keith Jackson

Mike Aulby and John Mazza, among other pros who were not competing on the telecasts, served as a lane-level reporters for PBT and would interview bowlers competing on the show.

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PBA Bowling Tour: 1975 Season

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Total Pins ROUND-ROBIN MATCH PLAY OTHER SCORING RECORDS TV RECORDS EARNINGS AND TITLES MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS

5-GAME BLOCK 1,352, Andrew Cain (Reno, NV, 2017)  6-GAME BLOCK 1,635, Norm Duke (Peoria, IL, 1994); Dave Wodka (Wichita, KS, 1998) 7-GAME BLOCK 1,883, Rhino Page (Baltimore, MD, 2007) 8-GAME BLOCK 2,165, Billy Hardwick (Japan, 1968) 9-GAME BLOCK 2,468, Eugene McCune (Las Vegas, 2010) 12-GAME BLOCK 3,083, Mike Aulby (Baltimore, MD, 1996) 14-GAME BLOCK 3,647 Eugene McCune (El Paso, TX, 2005) 16-GAME BLOCK 4,116, Cassidy Schaub (Wichita, KS, 2009) 18-GAME BLOCK 4,696, Norm Duke (Peoria, IL, 1994) 24-GAME BLOCK 6,109, Pete Weber (Las Vegas, NV, 1996) 26-GAME BLOCK 6,783, Mike Aulby (Peoria, IL, 1995) 32-GAME BLOCK 8,016, Michael Machuga (Wichita, KS, 2009)

32-GAMES (with bonus pins) 8,166, Michael Machuga (Wichita, KS, 2009) 34-GAME BLOCK 8,740, Mike Aulby (Peoria, IL, 1995)

40-GAME BLOCK 10,081, Michael Machuga (Wichita, KS, 2009)

40-GAMES (with bonus pins) 10,411, Michael Machuga (Wichita, KS, 2009) 42-GAME BLOCK 10,544, Mike Aulby (Peoria, IL, 1995) 42 GAMES (with bonus pins) 11,124, Mike Aulby (Peoria, IL, 1995)

48-GAME BLOCK 11,888, Patrick Allen (Wichita, KS, 2009)

48 GAMES (with bonus pins) 12,308, Patrick Allen, Wichita, KS, 2009) 56-GAME BLOCK 13,540, Parker Bohn III (Las Vegas, NV, 1999) 56 GAMES (with bonus pins) 13,990, Parker Bohn III (Las Vegas, NV, 1999) 64-GAME BLOCK 14,924, Parker Bohn III (Akron, OH, 1999) 64 GAMES (with bonus pins) 15,479, Parker Bohn III (Akron, OH, 1999) return to top

ROUND-ROBIN MATCH PLAY

HIGH SCORE FOR 24TH QUALIFIER (18 games) 4,231, Rick Steelsmith and Matt Smith (Erie, PA., 1999) TWENTY-FOURTH PLACE (MATCH PLAY) TO TITLE

Dave Soutar (Buffalo, NY, 1974) Larry Laub (Adelphi, MD, 1979) Pete Couture (Syracuse, NY, 1980) Wayne Webb (Windsor Locks, CT, 1981) Steve Martin (Buffalo, NY, 1982) Les Zikes (Waukegan, IL, 1983) Pete Weber (Windsor, Ontario, 1984) Dale Eagle (Seattle, WA, 1986) Brian Voss (Merritt Island, FL, 1989) Mike Aulby (Atlantic City, NJ, 1989) Mike Aulby (U.S. Open, Edmond, OK, 1989) Pete Weber (U.S. Open, Indianapolis, IN, 1991) Bryan Goebel (Peoria, IL, 1994) Walter Ray Williams Jr. (Rochester, NY, 1995) Parker Bohn III (PBA World Championship, Las Vegas, 2012)

BEST MATCH GAME RECORD (16-game format) 16-0, Mike McGrath (Paramus, NJ, 1969) BEST MATCH GAME RECORD (18-game format) 16-2, Wes Malott (West Babylon, NY, 2008) BEST MATCH GAME RECORD (24-game format) 22-2, George Pappas (Kansas City, MO, 1974) HIGHEST FIRST PLACE MARGIN (after match play) 770 pins, Dave Davis (42 games, Palatine, IL, 1980) HIGH AVERAGE FOR 32-GAME TOURNAMENT 247.50, Chris Barnes (Vernon Hills, IL, 2007) HIGH AVERAGE FOR 42-GAME TOURNAMENT 251.28, Mike Aulby (Peoria, IL, 1995)

HIGH AVERAGE, 48-GAME TOURNAMENT 247.67, Patrick Allen (Wichita, KS, 2009) HIGH AVERAGE, 56-GAME TOURNAMENT 241.78, Parker Bohn III (Las Vegas, NV, 1999) TOP 24 FINISHES, SEASON 28, Harry Smith and Dick Weber (1963) BEST TOP 24 QUALIFYING PERCENTAGE, SEASON 89.7%, Mark Roth (1977) CONSECUTIVE TOP 24 FINISHES 23, Dick Weber (1963) return to top

OTHER SCORING RECORDS

CONSECUTIVE 200s, INDIVIDUAL 79, Mike Scroggins, over two tournaments (Council Bluffs, IA; Milwaukee, WI, 2005)

200s IN ONE TOURNAMENT, INDIVIDUAL 56, John Denton (Sterling Heights, MI, 1980) CONSECUTIVE 300s 3, Norm Duke, over two rounds (North Brunswick, NJ, April, 10, 1996) 300s IN SIX-GAME BLOCK, INDIVIDUAL 3, Charlie Standish (Peoria, IL, 1995)

300s IN SEVEN-GAME BLOCK, INDIVIDUAL 2  Michael Haugen Jr. (Council Bluffs, IA, 2005)    Jason Couch (Council Bluffs, IA, 2005);    Mika Koivuniemi (Hammond, IN, 2006);    Ryan Shafer (Vernon Hills, IL, 2006);    Tim Criss (Baltimore, MD, 2006)    Brian Kretzer (Norwich, CT, 2008)    Parker Bohn III (Las Vegas, 2013)    Darren Tang (Arlington, Texas, 2020)

300s IN EIGHT-GAME BLOCK, INDIVIDUAL 3, Dave D’Entremont (Peoria, IL, 1995) 300s ONE TOURNAMENT, INDIVIDUAL 4, Walter Ray Williams Jr. (Mechanicsburg, PA, 1993); Dave D’Entremont (Peoria, IL, 1995); John Bauerle Jr. (Erie, PA, 1999) 300s ONE TOURNAMENT, ALL PLAYERS 31, Wichita, KS, 2009 300s ON PBA TOUR IN ONE SEASON, ALL PLAYERS 210 (1993) 300s IN ONE SEASON, INDIVIDUAL 8, Kelly Coffman (1994); Dave D’Entremont (1995); Eric Forkel (1995); Steve Hoskins (1998); Parker Bohn III (1999)

300s, INDIVIDUAL (includes PBA Tour, PBA50 Tour and regionals)   114,  Parker Bohn III

CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENTS WITH AT LEAST ONE 300 3, Jim Stefanich (Waukegan, IL; Grand Rapids, MI; South Bend, IN, 1972); Steve Wunderlich (Garden City, NY; Windsor Locks, CT; Akron, OH, 1986); Mike Miller (Taylor, MI; Torrance, CA; and Las Vegas, NV, 1990-91); John Mazza (Las Vegas, NV, 1996; Reno, NV; Austin, TX, 1997); Randy Pedersen (Grand Rapids, MI; Springfield, PA; Syosset, NY, 2002) THREE-GAME SERIES 889, Jason Hurd (Tournament of Champions, Overland Park, KS; 1999) HIGH AVERAGE, SEASON 229.39  Jason Belmonte, 2017

HIGHEST AVERAGE IN A MAJOR TO REACH TV FINALS 244.57  Jason Belmonte (2018 Barbasol PBA Players Championship)

300-300 TIES IN MATCH PLAY (300-300) Tom Baker vs. Pete Weber (Denver, CO, 1981); Purvis Granger vs. Norm Duke (Las Vegas, NV, 1987); David Ozio vs. Mike Edwards (San Antonio, TX, 1993); Doug Wallace vs. Norm Duke (Kennewick, WA, 1995) BIGGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY, ROUND ROBIN MATCH PLAY 172 pins, Larry Laub, 299; Mark Estes, 118 (Waukegan, IL, 1975) MOST STRIKES TO OPEN TOURNAMENT 23, Jim Tilton (Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 4, 1985) MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES, SAME SCORE 8, (202), Stan Kodish (Toledo, Ohio, March 9, 1988) return to top

TV RECORDS PERFECT GAMES ON NATIONAL TV (27) 1) Jack Biondolillo vs. Les Schissler, 216 (Akron, Ohio, April 1, 1967); 2) John Guenther vs. Don Johnson, 189 (San Jose, Calif., Feb. 1, 1969); 3) Jim Stefanich vs. Glenn Carlson, 243 (Alameda, Calif., Jan. 5, 1974); 4) Pete McCordic vs. Wayne Webb, 249 (Torrance, Calif., Jan. 31, 1987); 5) @ Bob Benoit vs. Mark Roth, 255 (Grand Prairie, Texas, Jan. 23, 1988); 6) @ Mike Aulby vs. David Ozio, 279 (Wichita, Kan, July 31, 1993); 7) Johnny Petraglia vs. Walter Ray Williams Jr., 194 (Toledo, Ohio, March 5, 1994); 8) Butch Soper vs. Bob Benoit, 236 (Reno, Nev., July 12, 1994); 9) C.K. Moore vs. Parker Bohn III, 192 (Austin, Texas, Feb. 2, 1996); 10) Bob Learn Jr. vs. Johnny Petraglia, 279 (Erie, Pa., April 6, 1996); 11) Jason Queen vs. Bobby Fleetwood, 225 (Huntsville, Ala., May 3, 1997; 12) Steve Hoskins vs. Walter Ray Williams Jr., 234 (Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 15, 1997); 13) Parker Bohn III vs. Chris Sand, 246, and Mike Mullin, 191 (Reno, Nev., May 9, 1998); 14) Steve Jaros vs. Ricky Ward, 200 (Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 13, 1999); 15) Mike Miller vs. Danny Wiseman, 266, and Tim Criss, 224 (Reno, Nev., June 20, 1999); 16) Norm Duke vs. Walter Ray Williams Jr., 213 (Tacoma, Wash, Jan. 5, 2003); 17) Mika Koivuniemi vs. Jason Couch, 248 (Windsor Locks, Conn., Dec. 7, 2003); 18) Tony Reyes vs. Parker Bohn III, 215 (Taylor, Mich., Nov. 5, 2006); 19) Ryan Shafer vs. Jeff Carter, 228 (Indianapolis, Ind., March 18, 2007); 20) Rhino Page vs. Tae Hwe Jeong (Tokyo, Japan, April 25, 2009); 21) Jason Belmonte vs. Brian Kretzer, 231, and Mike Fagan, 220 (Las Vegas, Nov. 19, 2011) 22) Chris Barnes vs. Jason Belmonte, 215, and Sean Rash, 182 (Las Vegas, Nov. 19, 2011) 23) Sean Rash vs.  Chris Loschetter, 236 (Shawnee, OK, May 24, 2014) 24) Ronnie Russell vs. Sean Rash, 266, and J.R. Raymond, Bay City, Mich., 186, (Las Vegas, Dec. 28, 2014) 25) Sean Rash vs. Ryan Ciminelli, 214 (Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 15, 2015) 26) Francois Lavoie vs. Shawn Maldonado, 211, (Las Vegas, Nov. 10, 2016) 27) @Tommy Jones vs. Darren Tang, 237 (Arlington, Texas, Jan. 19, 2020) @ - 300 game in title match.

PERFECT GAMES ON NATIONAL TV, PBA MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS (6) 1) Jack Biondolillo vs. Les Schissler, 216 (PBA Tournament of Champions, Akron, Ohio, April 1, 1967) 2) Johnny Petraglia vs. Walter Ray Williams Jr., 194 (PBA National Championship, Toledo, Ohio, March 5, 1994) 3) Jason Queen vs. Bobby Fleetwood, 225 (USBC Masters, Huntsville, Ala, May 3, 1997); 4) Parker Bohn III vs. Chris Sands, 246, and Mike Mullin, 191 (USBC Masters, Reno, Nev., May 9, 1998) 5) Sean Rash vs. Ryan Ciminelli, 214 (Tournament of Champions, Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 15, 2015) 6) Francois Lavoie vs. Shawn Maldonado, 211 (U.S. Open, Las Vegas, Nov. 9, 2016)

  HIGHEST SCORING MATCH ON NATIONAL TV 579, Mike Aulby, 300; David Ozio, 279 (Wichita, KS, 1993); Bob Learn Jr., 300; Johnny Petraglia, 279 (Erie, PA, 1996)

HIGHEST SCORING TITLE MATCH ON NATIONAL TV 579, Mike Aulby 300, David Ozio 279 (Wichita, KS, 1993)

LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY ON NATIONAL TV 199, Mika Koivuniemi (299) vs. Tom Daugherty (100), PBA Tournament of Champions (Las Vegas, 2011)

MOST CONSECUTIVE STRIKES, CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 18, Ryan Shafer (Indianapolis, 2007); Pete Weber (Louisville, KY, 2001) LOWEST SCORE ON NATIONAL TV 100, Tom Daugherty (Las Vegas, NV, 2011) HIGHEST LOSING SCORE ON NATIONAL TV 280, Norm Duke (Peoria, IL, 1994)

LOWEST WINNING SCORE ON NATIONAL TV 157, Dennis Jacques (Windsor, Canada, 1983)

LOWEST COMBINED MATCH SCORE ON NATIONAL TV 296, Dennis Jacques 163, Joe Staton 133 (Anaheim, CA, 1983) TWO-GAME SERIES ON NATIONAL TV 570 (300, 270), Bob Learn Jr. (Erie, PA, 1996) THREE-GAME SERIES ON NATIONAL TV 850 (300, 270, 280), Bob Learn Jr. (Erie, PA, 1996) FOUR-GAME SERIES ON NATIONAL TV 1,129 (300, 270, 280, 279) Bob Learn Jr. (Erie, PA, 1996) HIGHEST COMPOSITE AVERAGE FINALS ON NATIONAL TV 276.50, averaged by five bowlers in four matches (Erie, PA, 1996) MOST TV APPEARANCES CAREER 185, Walter Ray Williams Jr.

MOST TV MATCH WINS (singles events only) 153, Walter Ray Williams Jr.

MOST TV APPEARANCES SEASON 15, Earl Anthony (1975, 1981); Walter Ray Williams Jr. (1993) CONSECUTIVE TV APPEARANCES 5, Don Johnson (over two seasons, 1971-72) Earl Anthony (1981) Chris Barnes (2000) Walter Ray Williams Jr., 2x (2000, 2001) Jason Couch (2001)

MOST CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH AT LEAST ONE TV APPEARANCE 26, Walter Ray Williams Jr. (1986-2011)

LONGEST TV WINNING STREAK 16, Jim Pencak (1989-91) LONGEST TV LOSING STREAK 10, Marshall Holman (1981-82); Steve Jaros (1993-97)

MOST COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN TV FINALS 4, Scorpion Championship, 2010 (Korea, Canada, Australia, U.S.);  Shark Championship, 2010 (Australia, Finland, Canada, U.S.)

     7-10 SPLIT CONVERSIONS, NATIONAL TV (3) 1) Mark Roth (ARC Alameda Open, Alameda, CA, 1980) 2) John Mazza (Florida Open, Sunrise, FL, 1991) 3) Jess Stayrook (Tucson Open, Tucson, AZ, 1991)

MOST TELECASTS ONE SEASON, NO TITLES 12, Chris Barnes (2000) MOST CAREER TELECASTS, NO SINGLES TITLES 23, Gil Sliker (1978-88); MOST CAREER TELECASTS IN MAJOR EVENTS 26, Pete Weber

CAREER TV WINNING PERCENTAGE (MIN. 10 APPS.) .750 (18-6), Kris Prather .733 (22-8), Jim Pencak

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EARNINGS AND TITLES

MOST TITLES IN CAREER 47, Walter Ray Williams Jr. MOST TITLES IN ONE SEASON 8, Mark Roth (1978) MOST CONSECUTIVE TITLES (SINGLES ONLY) 3, Dick Weber (1959-60*) Dick Weber (1961) Johnny Petraglia (1971#)

MOST EARNINGS LIFETIME (PBA TOUR ONLY)   $4,178,767  Walter Ray Williams Jr.

PBA TOUR EARNINGS, SEASON $419,700, Walter Ray Williams Jr. (2002-03)

ROOKIE EARNINGS, SEASON $84,811, Rhino Page (2008) MOST EARNINGS IN ONE SEASON WITHOUT A TITLE $153,306, Pete McCordic (1987) MOST CASHES, SEASON 34, Tommy Hudson (1977)

MOST MAJOR TITLES IN CAREER 13 Jason Belmonte 10 Earl Anthony    Pete Weber

MOST MAJOR TITLES IN SEASON 3  Jason Belmonte (2017) 2  Bob Strampe (1964)     Wayne Zahn (1966)     Mike Limongello (1971)      Earl Anthony (1974)      Mark Roth (1984)      Mike Aulby (1989)      Mike Aulby (1995)      Walter Ray Williams Jr. (2002-03)      Doug Kent (2006-07)      Norm Duke (2007-08)

OLDEST TO WIN TITLE 57, John Handegard

YOUNGEST TO WIN TITLE 18, Norm Duke

YOUNGEST TO WIN MAJOR

19, Anthony Simonsen (2016 USBC Masters)

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MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS

MOST GAMES BOWLED IN ONE SEASON 1,300, Walter Ray Williams Jr. (1993) CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 239, Harry Sullins (July, 1986 - August, 1993)

MOST PBA TOUR EVENTS, CAREER 840, Tom Baker  (1976-2013)

HIGHEST AMATEUR FINISH, PBA TOUR EVENT 1st, Brian Zeisig (West Babylon, NY, 2010)       Yong-Jin Gu, South Korea (Scorpion Championship, Las Vegas, 2010)        Brett Wolfe (USBC Masters, 2003)       Brian Boghosian (USBC Masters, 1999)

CONSECUTIVE DECADES WITH AT LEAST ONE PBA TITLE (PBA Tour, Senior and/or Regional) 6   Johnny Petraglia      Dick Weber (includes one regional title)

MOST COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN A PBA TOUR EVENT

26   World Series of Bowling IX 2017, Reno

OLDEST TO COMPETE IN PBA TOUR EVENT Carmen Salvino (82, 2016 PBA Tournament of Champions)

WORLD SERIES OF BOWLING RECORDS (THROUGH 2018)

MOST TELEVISION APPEARANCES 14  Jason Belmonte

ALL-TIME EARNINGS $317,995 Jason Belmonte

300 GAMES    8 Dom Barrett

MOST TITLES 3 Jason Belmonte    Bill O’Neill

ANIMAL PATTERN AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP COMBINED AVERAGE 229.5  Jesper Svensson  (252 games)

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGE 227.8 Sean Rash (487 games)

PBA LEAGUE ELIAS CUP WINNERS

2013 – New York City WTT KingPins presented by GEICO (Tommy Jones, Jack Jurek, John Szczerbinski, Scott Norton, Pete Weber, Kelly Kulick),

2014 – Silver Lake Atom Splitters presented by Spiceworks (Tommy Jones, Dom Barrett, Wes Malott, Bryon Smith, Chris Barnes)

2015 – Bass Pro Shops Silver Lake Atom Splitters (Mika Koivuniemi, Chris Barnes, Craig Nidiffer, Tom Daugherty, Dick Allen

2016 – GoBowling.com Dallas Strikers (Norm Duke, Bill O’Neill, Shawn Maldonado, Tommy Jones, BJ Moore)

2017 – Shipyard Dallas Strikers (Norm Duke, Bill O’Neill, Rhino Page, BJ Moore, Tommy Jones)

2018 – Silver Lake Atom Splitters (Jesper Svensson, Dick Allen, AJ Johnson, Tom Daugherty, Chris Barnes)

2019 – Portland Lumberjacks (Kyle Troup, Mitch Hupe, Kris Prather, Ryan Ciminelli, Wes Malott)

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PBA Bowling Tour: 1978 Season

This is a recap of the 1978 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 20th season, and consisted of 35 events. Mark Roth set a PBA record by winning eight titles on the season, doubling his career total to 16. He also shattered Earl Anthony 's single-season earnings record, taking home $134,500 in prize money. [1]

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Earl Anthony captured the second Firestone Tournament of Champions title of his career, in the process becoming the first PBA Player to reach 30 titles. [2] Nelson Burton, Jr. won the BPAA U.S. Open , while Warren Nelson was the surprise winner at the MGM PBA National Championship .

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This is a recap of the 1970 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 12th season, and consisted of 35 events. Dave Soutar had the most titles on the 1970 Tour (5), but it was Nelson Burton, Jr., winner of four titles and the George Young High Average award, who claimed the Sporting News PBA Player of the Year award.

This is a recap of the 1973 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 15th season, and consisted of 33 events. Don McCune amassed six victories during the year, winning PBA Player of the Year honors along the way. McCune became known on tour this season for chemically softening his bowling balls to give them extra hooking power. The practice, which was completely legal at the time, was soon followed by several other bowlers in what would later be dubbed "The Year of the Soaker". This eventually led to new ABC and PBA rules related to altering bowling ball surfaces.

This is a recap of the 1974 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 16th season, and consisted of 31 events. Earl Anthony won back-to-back majors among his six victories during the year, easily winning PBA Player of the Year honors. Anthony also joined Mike McGrath as the only PBA players to successfully defend a PBA National Championship.

This is a recap of the 1975 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 17th season, and consisted of 34 events. Earl Anthony became the first PBA player to win seven titles in a season since Dick Weber (1961), while also gaining an unprecedented "three-peat" in the Brunswick PBA National Championship. As he did in 1974, Anthony easily won the player vote for the PBA Player of the Year award. In another historic "first," Anthony earned $107,585 in 1975 to become the first bowler to collect over $100,000 in a single season.

This is a recap of the 1976 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 18th season, and consisted of 35 events. Earl Anthony added another "first" to his résumé, becoming the first player to win three PBA Player of the Year awards. Anthony again dominated the tour with six victories and topped the $100,000 season earnings mark for the second straight year.

This is a recap of the 1977 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 19th season, and consisted of 36 events. Earl Anthony's string of three consecutive PBA Player of the Year awards was snapped by Mark Roth. Roth won four titles on the season and made numerous other top-five finishes to lead the Tour in earnings.

This is a recap of the 1979 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 21st season, and consisted of 34 events. Following up on his eight titles a season ago, Mark Roth captured another six titles in the 1979 season, winning his third straight PBA Player of the Year award to match Earl Anthony's record of three POY crowns. Roth also averaged 221.699 during the 1979 season, to date the highest tour average in PBA history.

This is a recap of the 1980 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 22nd season, and consisted of 34 events. Wayne Webb broke the six-season Earl Anthony-Mark Roth stranglehold on PBA Player of the Year awards, as he achieved the honor on the strength of three titles, including the Firestone Tournament of Champions major. Webb was also the Tour's leading money winner on the season.

This is a recap of the 1981 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 23rd season, and consisted of 33 events. 1981 was a season of "fours" for Earl Anthony. He won an unprecedented fourth PBA Player of the Year award, and captured his fourth PBA National Championship among his four titles on the season.

This is a recap of the 1982 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 24th season, and consisted of 34 events. Despite turning 44 years old during the season, Earl Anthony continued to roll through PBA opponents, winning another three titles. He topped his own records by winning a fifth PBA National Championship title along with his fifth PBA Player of the Year award. When Anthony won the ARC Alameda Open early in the season, it gave him at least one PBA title for a 13th straight season, topping the old mark of 12 straight seasons with a title set by Don Johnson. At this same tournament, Anthony also became the first player in PBA history to top the $1 million mark in career PBA Tour earnings.

This is a recap of the 1983 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 25th season, and consisted of 35 events. Earl Anthony registered his second career "three-peat" at the PBA National Championship, giving him six titles in this event overall. Anthony won one more title on the season and collected his sixth career PBA Player of the Year award.

This is a recap of the 1984 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 26th season, and consisted of 34 events. With Earl Anthony now retired, it was the bowler with the second-highest career wins, Mark Roth, who stepped up to take his fourth PBA Player of the Year honor. Roth won four titles in 1984, upping his career title count to 31, and won his first major title at the BPAA U.S. Open. Roth had previously qualified for the TV finals in ten major championships without winning. Adding to his accolades, Roth also became the PBA's second career millionaire when he took the title at the Greater Detroit Open, and he capped the season by winning the Angle Touring Players Championship.

This is a recap of the 1986 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 28th season, and consisted of 32 events. Walter Ray Williams, Jr. won his first three PBA titles on the season, and also won the player vote for the PBA Player of the Year award. This despite the fact that Steve Cook won four titles, including a major at the BPAA U.S. Open. Newcomer Tom Crites took the title at the Toledo Trust PBA National Championship.

This is a recap of the 1993 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 35th season, and consisted of 35 events.

• ↑ "1978 Firestone Tournament of Champions" . PBA.
• 1978 Season Schedule

SEVEN SEASONS: USSR 1972-1979

 The Golden Age of Hockey in Russia

This section of the Summit in 1974 site presents a historical overview of Russian hockey of the 1970s. It outlines the development Russian hockey specifically during the seven seasons long life span of the World Hockey Association . After the Summit Series 1974, the WHA became the first top pro hockey league to bring European talent from Sweden, Finland and Czechoslovakia to play in North America.

This era is considered the "golden age" of the Soviet hockey. Russian hockey stars of the 1970s were not able to play in the pro leagues. But, they earned international respect for the European hockey style and built the foundation for the future NHL stars - Bure, Fedorov, Hasek, Jagr and many other graduates of European school. The review below introduces the Russian Elite League season-by-season highlights of the 1970s. To view the detailed teams/players statistics, awards of a specific year, please select a specific season in the 1972-1979 range.

USSR: National Championships and Cups

Izvestia Award Scoring Leaders (Points)

Best Sniper Award Scoring Leaders (Goals)

Trud Daily Award Best Line (Goals)

Best Player of the Year Season MVP