Ritz Bowl—Chicago

4320 S. Indiana Ave. 

 

 

Bowler of the Year 1955-56

After several near-misses, Lillard won the All-Star Tournament.  His four eagles at the ABC made the Bowler-of-the-Year voting a mere formality.

1.  Bill Lillard, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . 814

2.  Joe Wilman, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . 477

3.  Dick Hoover, Akron . . . . . . . . . . . 391

4.  Dick Weber, St. Louis . . . . . . . . .  387

5.  Don Carter, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . 384

6.  Ray Bluth, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . 380

7.  Steve Nagy, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . 375

8.  Stan Gifford, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . 294

9.  Buzz Fazio, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

10.  Tom Hennessey, St. Louis . . . . . . 145

 

 

Ed Mady (1941)

(1905-1978)

1 ABC championship (1957-TAE)

“Who Hits ‘Em Better?”

Bowlcraft Lanes—Detroit (1969)

20118 Schoolcraft Ave.

TV Bowling Shows in Chicago (1957)

           Chicago Tribune TV Guide (January 13, 1957)

Habetler Teenage Traveling Team—Chicago (1965)

FRONT–Steve Stec, Jack Herzog, Ed Schwartz REAR–Steve Revethis, Ziggy Blazyk (coach), Jake Schmidt

Fran Morrissette (1955)

(1921-2004)

1 ABC championship (1957-TAE)

 

 

Alma Bowl—San Jose

355 W. Alma St. 

 

 

Frankford Recreation—Philadelphia (1947)

1614 Bridge St.

Bowler of the Year 1954-55

All-Star champ Nagy beat out Masters champ Fazio to win his second election as Bowler of the Year.  The leading vote-getters were–

1.  Steve Nagy, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . 768

2.  Buzz Fazio, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . .  720

3.  Fred Bujack, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633

4.  Ed Lubanski, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

5.  George Young, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .  268

6.  Therman Gibson, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . 262

7.  Don Carter, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . .  246

8.  Eddie Kawolics, Chicago . . . . . . . . . .  148

9.  Bill Lillard, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

10.  Junie McMahon, Fairlawn, NJ . . . . . .  142