Archive for August, 2018

Birk Brothers—Chicago (1917)

August 30, 2018

FRONT–Otto Trader, August Tapp, Joe Baker REAR–Jule Lellinger, George Scherin (manager), George Geiser

ABC Team Champions, 1917

Ed Lubanski (1959)

August 28, 2018

(1929-2010)

Bowling Hall of Fame, 1971

#24 Bowler of the 20th Century

Bowler of the Year, 1958-59

All American, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1958-59

World’s Invitational champion, 1958

Match Game Doubles champion, 1950

5 ABC championships (1951-TAE, 1959-AE, 1959-S, 1959-T, 1959-TAE)

1 PBA title

Gil Zunker (1936)

August 23, 2018

(1901-1938)

Bowling Hall of Fame, 1941 (charter member)

2 ABC championships (1933-D, 1933-AE)

Fred Wolf on Radio and TV (1961)

August 21, 2018

Wolf in Detroit (1961)

Though best-known to bowlers for his work on “Championship Bowling,” Fred Wolf was a media superstar in metro Detroit for over twenty years. 

1941 ABC Tournament Poster

August 19, 2018

 1941-abc

Foothills Bowl—Auburn, CA (1970)

August 16, 2018

13489 Bowman Rd.

Pete Tountas Stop-Action (1968)

August 12, 2018

Logan Square Buick—Chicago (1942)

August 9, 2018

(L-R)—Emily Deering, Tess Morris, Nina Van Camp, Ruth Hartman, Catherine Fellmeth

Dave Davis (1967)

August 7, 2018

(1942- )

Bowling Hall of Fame, 1990

#36 Bowler of the 20th Century

Bowler of the Year, 1966-67

All-American, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1974-75, 1975-76

Tournament of Champions winner, 1968, 1975

PBA National Championship winner, 1965, 1967

1 ABC championship (1968-CS)

18 PBA titles

Stuckey Bowl—Northvale, NJ (2003)

August 5, 2018

199 Paris Ave.

Former Country Club Lanes—location of the TV series “Ed”