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"1940s" - 69 Total Result(s)
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CARTER AND FAZIO UNDER THE LIGHTS
Basil “Buzz” Fazio and Don Carter, two bowling legends shown here at a BPAA All-Star Tournament, squared off many times during their professional careers. In addition to their significant contribution ...
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CATHERINE FELLMETH INSTRUCTOR TO THE STARS
Women’s International Bowling Congress (WIBC) champ Catherine Fellmeth showed bandleader Jonny Long the correct form for holding a bowling ball. And she should know! Fellmeth was a star of women’s bow ...
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CELEBRITY SIGHTING
Kay DeBonis (center) of the Pabst Blue Ribbon women’s bowling team took time from her bowling to fraternize with media stars Brenda and Cobina, who were famous for their appearances on comedian Bob Ho ...
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COLLIER’S HONOR
Chuck Collier had dedicated more than 40 years of his life to bowling. Himself an accomplished pin toppler, Collier spent time offering bowling instruction to new bowlers. At an American Bowling Congr ...
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COLONEL EFFINGHAM’S RAID
Joan Bennett prepared to roll a strike in this still from 20th Century Fox’s Colonel Effingham’s Raid.
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COLUMBUS GOES BOWLING
From March 3 to May 12, 1942, more than 5,000 teams and 28,000 individuals competed on these lanes in Columbus, Ohio, in the American Bowling Congress (ABC) Tournament. Tod Maskai, from Saginaw, Michi ...
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COLUMBUS PUTS ON A SHOW
When the country’s best bowlers converged on Columbus, Ohio, for the 1942 American Bowling Congress’s world championships, they were greeted with posters which read: “It Was Columbus in 1492, It’s Sti ...
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CUTE KEGLERS IN COLUMBUS
Exactly 22 years since it first hosted the event, Columbus, Ohio, welcomed “the country’s cutest keglers” to the Women’s International Bowling Congress in 1949. More than 2,500 five-woman teams attend ...
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DOC’S DIAGRAM
Robert “Doc” Hinkley, a lifelong recreational bowler, saw an opening for a unique business involving custom fit bowling balls. Known as the Doctor of Bowling, Hinkley established Hinkley Bowling Suppl ...
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DON AND BILLY
In the 1940s, Don Carter (second from left) and Billy Welu (second from right) made lasting contributions to the world of bowling. Carter, also known as “Mr. Bowling,” was a six-time Bowler of the Yea ...
