SPONSORED BY TRULY HARD SELTZER SAMUEL ADAMS DEX IMAGING
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A ROYAL STRIKE
Bowling is an accessible and fun activity for everyone — even royalty. While visiting Norway, Queen Farah Pahlavi of Iran tried the sport for the first time at an Oslo hotel. Her husband, the Shah of ...
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A STRIKE FOR FRIENDSHIP
Cloverleaf Lanes in Miami, Florida, hosted the first annual International Bowling Tournament of the Americas. The United States was represented by champs of the ABC and WIBC. Bowlers traveled to South ...
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A TALE ABOUT THE MONORAIL
American Machine and Foundry (AMF) made a name for themselves in the production of automated bowling equipment. The company, however, had far more products than just the Pinspotter. At the 1965 World’ ...
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ABEL AND WEBER IN LANSING
Joy Abel (second from left) and Dick Weber (second from right) proudly displayed their championship trophies alongside two BPAA members at the 1966 BPAA All-Star Tournament, hosted at Joe Joseph’s Pro ...
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ADDING AUTOMATION
When the Brunswick Automatic Scorer debuted in 1967, it was touted as the first major innovation in bowling since the release of the automatic pinsetter some twenty years earlier. The machine used a c ...
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ALL-STAR SHIRT
The 24th Bowling Proprietor’s Association of America (BPAA) All-Star tournament was held in January 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bowlers Dick Weber and Ann Slattery were the men’s and women’s w ...
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AMF ACCESSORIES
Many of the top bowling manufacturers entered the accessories market with clothing, balls and bags. This ad from July of 1962 displays the products offered by American Machine and Foundry (AMF). Promi ...
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AWBA FOUNDING
The American Wheelchair Bowling Association (AWBA) was founded in June 1962, the brainchild of Richard F. Carlson, himself a wheelchair bowler. The organization’s first tournament was held that month ...
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BONJOUR PARIS
The middle of the twentieth century was not just the peak of bowling’s popularity in the United States, but also a time of rapid international expansion of the sport. Just as bowling alleys stateside ...
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BOWL WITH COWORKERS
For some folks, quitting time at work is followed with playing time at the lanes. AMF took advantage of coworker comradery with a guide on company bowling leagues. A group of workers could form a squa ...
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