Del Da-Re was one of Australia’s top bowlers. She stormed onto the bowling scene in 1963 and won the National All Stars Tournament three times that decade. As a representative of Western Australia, sh ...

The Eternal City has bowling fever! Italy’s first commercial, American-style tenpin bowling center opened in the nation’s capital Rome in April 1961, complete with automatic pinsetters. American equip ...

When you think of American bowling, you probably think of bowling shirts, bowling shoes, colorful alleys and the beer leagues. But internationally, bowling has tchotchkes and idiosyncrasies for every ...

Already a star bowler in the United States, Helen Duval took her talents abroad in the 1980s with the goal of promoting the sport and organizing leagues. She made several trips to the Philippines to s ...

Bowling was enormously popular in mid-century Japan. Nearly 3,697 bowling centers opened in the country during the 1960s and 1970s. While bowling alleys initially used American-made equipment, Japanes ...

Bowling was sweeping the globe in the 1960s. By early 1962, there were bowling centers operating in more than 50 countries, both commercially and on military bases. When the fully-automatic, 62-lane K ...

Japanese delegates to the 1st Far East Bowling Tournament, held in 1982, likely wore shirts like these as they hit the alleys. The colors coordinate with the Japanese flag.

The Deutsche Kegler- und Bowlingbund (DKB) is the governing body for bowling in Germany and is a member of the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ). The organization dates back to 1884, meani ...

Gerald Koenig, tireless champion of putting bowling in the Olympics, was presented this particular medal by Ibrahim Al-Juraifani, president of the Saudi Bowling Federation. The Saudi Bowling Federatio ...

Bowling followed Americans into Japan in the post-World War II years. The nation’s first sanctioned, non-military alley opened on October 10, 1952, and by 1967 the Japan Professional Bowling Associati ...