Earl Anthony, a six-time PBA bowler of the year and its greatest winner with 41 professional titles, died Tuesday at a friend's home in suburban Milwaukee. Norm Duke (Kennewick, WA, 1995) Never brash or flashy in a crew-cut and plastic-frame "marshwood" style eyewear (which he abandoned for more modern frames later in his career), Anthony was dubbed "Square Earl" by fellow pro bowlers.[4]. 247.50, Chris Barnes (Vernon Hills, IL, 2007) Pete Weber (Louisville, KY, 2001) Considering Earl's eye-to-hand coordination as a professional athlete, it seems he could have stopped himself from the fall if he had not been inhibited by a heart attack. Two years later, he surpassed Dick Weber as No. He was elected into the Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame in 1981 in his first year of eligibility and the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 1986. 3, Jim Stefanich (Waukegan, IL; Grand Rapids, MI; South Bend, IN, 1972); After bowling in just one tournament a year for three years, Anthony entered 12 tournaments in 1987, but won only $8,850 US. The following is how the late great Earl Anthony mastered the game of bowling. ''I wanted to win 40 tournaments and I won 45. WebBy the season's end his average was 217, up at the rarefied level of professional bowlers. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. 1st, Brian Zeisig (West Babylon, NY, 2010) 13 Jason Belmonte CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. 3) Jason Queen vs. Bobby Fleetwood, 225 (USBC Masters, Huntsville, Ala, May 3, 1997); He moved to Oregon to be close to his business in northern California and his family in Washington state, Johnson said. The streak that made him the face that personified the PBA Tour in the 1970s was the stretch from 1974-76 when Anthony won an average of six tournaments per year, including the 1974 Firestone Tournament of Champions. Chronology Earl jumped to ESPN as the color analyst with commentator and former pro bowler Mike Durbin from the mid-1990s through 1998 after its sister network, ABC, dumped the PBA Tour from Saturday afternoons for the first time in 36 years. Parker Bohn III (PBA World Championship, Las Vegas, 2012), BEST MATCH GAME RECORD (16-game format) His usual good-natured personality became explosive in spite of the apologies from the restaurant management, but Earl still managed to sign autographs for the restaurant staff after he cooled off. "[19] Williams also added, "When Earl Anthony retired, he didn't have anyone to push him. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. It was in the early 1970's, and the reporter wanted to be controversial about the lefty-righty situation that had run rampant in the late 1960's. Earl Anthony Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports.
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