Where can I get a list of everyone who is listed in the American Bowling Congress hall of fame?

Answer 1

A Short Selection from the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame

DONALD JAMES (BOSCO) CARTER

Miami, Fla.

Carter became the 1st star to win a "grand slam" of bowling's match game titles when he won the All-Star, World's Invitational, PBA National championship, and the 1961 ABC Masters. In 1970 he was voted the "greatest bowler in history" in a poll of veteran writers by Bowling magazine. Carter bowled with some of bowling's most famous teams, starting with the Hermann Undertakers of St. Louis and Ziern Antiques before joining Pfeiffers of Detroit. He bowled 266, 253, 235 in Budweiser's record 3858 series in 1958. In ABC tournament competition, he has a 22-year average of 201 and was a member of 3 championship teams. He has a 337-game average of 208 in Masters play. His 20 championships include 6 Professional Bowlers Association titles. He has 5 800 series; the highest is 824. He has 13 sanctioned 300 games and 5 sanctioned 299 games. Leg and knee ailments have limited his tournament play in recent years. Carter was the 1st president of the Professional Bowlers Association.

EDWARD P. (NED) DAY

Milwaukee, Wis.

One of the game's great stylists, Day was one of the 1st to make extensive exhibition and match game tours. He was also one of the 1st to perform in film shorts produced by Pete Smith in Hollywood. He was noted as a great instructor. A member of the champion Heil Products team in Milwaukee, he later bowled more than a decade with top Chicago teams. He was a member of the Falstaff team that captured the 1956 ABC tournament championship. He was 1st in all events in the 1948 ABC. He won 10 other tournament titles, including the 1943 Petersen Classic. After going into virtual retirement in the late 1950s, he was the nationally televised Championship Bowling tournament filmed in Toledo in 1959.

EDWARD ANTHONY LUBANSKI

Detroit, Mich.

Lubanski became the 2nd man to win 3 ABC titles in one tournament when he bowled with the champion Pfeiffer team in 1959, and also won singles and all events. He has the highest lifetime ABC tournament average ever complied, 204 for 25 years. Formerly a pitcher in the St. Louis Browns' farm system, he won 23 games for Wausau in the Wisconsin State League in 1947, a record that stood until the circuit folded in 1953. Quitting baseball at the age of 21, he joined Ed (Sarge) Easter (then 67 years old) as the youngest-oldest duo ever crowned national doubles champions. For many years Lubanski was one of the few top stars still using a 2-finger ball. He won the Central States and Michigan State all events and 7 other titles, most of them in the Midwest. He bowled 2 800 series and 11 sanctioned 300 games.

ENRICO (HANK) MARINO

Los Angeles, Calif.

Born in Palermo, Sicily, he came to Chicago with his parents when he was 11 years old. He became a star in Chicago before moving to Milwaukee in 1930, where he operated a bowling establishment until retiring in 1965. He also operated the Llo-de-Mar bowling center in Santa Monica, Calif., for several years with Ned Day and movie comedian Harold Lloyd. He was elected "bowler of the half century" in 1951. Known for his concentration and ability to solve lane conditions, he bowled 11 sanctioned 300 games and 5 800 series, including an 833. He appeared in the ABC tournament 57 years in a row, winning the 1916 doubles. He won the 1925 Petersen Fall Classic and Bowling Proprietors Association individual match title in 1935.

ANDREW VARIPAPA

Hempstead, N.Y.

Varipapa, a leading instructor and exhibition bowler, was one of the 1st bowlers to make nationwide tours. An expert trick-shot artist, he starred in the 1st bowling film short, Strikes and Spares, in 1934, and later made many other such films. His trick shots have often overshadowed his competitive bowling, but he has an impressive list of achievements in tournaments. He won the 1946-1947 national All-Star at the age of 55 and won it again the following year, the 1st bowler to repeat as All-Star champion. He broke the Phillies Jackpot on national television in 1959 to win $6,000 for 9 strikes in a row. When at the age of 78 he developed a painful wrist and arm ailment that prevented his bowling right-handed, he took up bowling left-handed and within 18 months was averaging 180. Although he has bowled numerous perfect games in exhibitions, he has had only one sanctioned 300.

RICHARD ANTHONY WEBER

St. Louis, Mo.

Weber has the distinction of being the leading tournament moneywinner of all time, amassing a total of more than $500,000 during 20 years of topflight play on the Professional Bowlers Association tour. He has won more PBA titles--24--than anyone else. His career in big-time bowling was launched in 1955 when the St. Louis Budweisers signed him while he was employed as a struggling postal clerk in Indianapolis. He proved an immediate success as anchorman of the famous lineup that included Don Carter, Ray Bluth, Pat Patterson, Tom Hennessey, and Whitey Harris. Weber bowled 258, 258, 259 in Budweisers' record 3858 series in 1958. He was a member of the Carter Gloves team that won the 1962 ABC Classic team title. He is known for his ability to adjust or correct his delivery at the foul line.