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"Dick Weber" - 21 Total Result(s)
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A LITTLE SKITTLE BOWLING
Endorsed by famed bowler Dick Weber, this 1960s-era Skittle Bowl offered a unique alternative to tabletop bowling games. Players knock over pins with a ball strung to a pole, keeping score like regula ...
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A RECORD GAME FOR THE BUDS
The Math Hermann team’s record-high score of 3,797, set in 1937, went unrivalled for decades. Then came the Budweisers. On March 12, 1958, at a weekly Masters League match in St. Louis, the stars alig ...
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A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME
These guys weren’t messing around! Just a few seasons before they set their legendary five-man record in 1958, the Budweisers team showed their promise when they bowled a 3,729 — the fourth-highest th ...
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A TEAM EFFORT
With Don Carter on the approach, the Buds squad had no reason to worry! Carter remained a top performer throughout his professional career, serving as the first president of the PBA and appearing on b ...
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A WEBER FAMILY AFFAIR
Following the 1969 BPAA All-Star Tournament, Dick Weber and his wife Juanita accepted his runner-up trophy from the event. Weber’s bowling career spanned several decades, marked by remarkable achievem ...
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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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BOWLING’S ALL-STARS
The Budweisers bowling team peaked just as bowling achieved nation-wide popularity. The result? The Budweisers became American superstars, making a lasting impact on the sport through their advocacy a ...
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BUDS ROLL A 3729
The Budweisers team was arguably best known for their record-shattering high score at a 1958 tournament, but the team had been building to that success with a number of impressive victories. On Januar ...
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BUDWEISER UNIFORM
Anheuser-Busch placed a bet on bowling in 1954 that paid a huge return. The beer company offered a one-year sponsorship deal to the fledgling Budweisers, who then became the most dominant team in the ...
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CHANGE IN PHILLY
The 1965 BPAA All-Star Tournament, hosted at the Philadelphia Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, marked an expansion in participation, featuring larger fields of 432 men and 216 women comp ...
