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Andrew Anderson (bowler)
Andrew Anderson (born May 10, 1995) of Holly, Michigan is a right-handed American professional ten-pin bowler known for winning the 2018 USBC Masters. He competes in events on the PBA Tour, and has also competed in global events as a multi-year and current member of Team USA. In his second full season on the PBA Tour (2018), Anderson won the Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year Award. Anderson has won six PBA Tour titles, including one major championship. He is a member of the Turbo grips pro staff and is also sponsored by Dexter shoes. He was a pro staff member for Ebonite, moving to Brunswick after the latter purchased the former in 2019. In 2022, Anderson became a MOTIV Bowling pro staffer, remaining with that company through the 2024 season. In December 2024, Anderson signed with 900 Global. Amateur career Anderson bowled collegiately at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he earned 2014 Collegiate Rookie of the Year honors. He completed a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly, Michigan
Holly is a village in north Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,997 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Holly Township. It is about south of Flint and northwest of Detroit. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which (90.79%) is land and (9.21%) is water. Demographics 2020 census As of the census of 2020, There were 5,997 people, 2,845 households, and 1514 families living in the village. The population density was . The racial makeup of the village was 91.0% White, 1.8% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0% Asian, and 5.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.6% of the population. There were 2,845 households, of which 18.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.6% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 46.8% of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MOTIV Bowling
MOTIV Bowling is an American company involved in the manufacture and sale of bowling balls. The company headquarters are in Spring Lake, Michigan, with the main manufacturing facility in nearby Muskegon Heights. History MOTIV had its beginnings in the 1990s as Wilbur Products, a company that engineered cores for other high-performance bowling ball brands. When its largest customer ( Brunswick) chose to move its manufacturing from Michigan to Mexico, Wilbur Products embarked on a project to start its own bowling ball production, launching the MOTIV brand in 2009. Patents MOTIV patented a process called NeoMark M/small>, which integrates logos and other graphics into the cover stock of the ball. (Other bowling ball manufacturers use etching or engraving for logos and graphics.) Current company MOTIV continues to operate out of the Muskegon, MI area, and employs approximately 65 people. It has become a notable high-performance brand among league, tournament and professional players, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Roth
Mark Stephen Roth (April 10, 1951 – November 26, 2021) was an American professional ten-pin bowling, bowler. He won 34 PBA Tour titles in his career (sixth most all-time), and is a member of the Professional Bowlers Association, PBA and United States Bowling Congress, USBC Halls of Fame. Roth was most dominant from 1975 through 1987, a stretch in which he made 107 televised finals appearances, captured 33 titles, and won four PBA Player of the Year awards. He is also known for having been the first professional bowler to convert a 7–10 split on national television. Early life Roth was born on April 10, 1951, in Brooklyn, New York. His mother, Hilda (Rocker) Roth, was a legal secretary, and his father, Sidney, was a postal worker and a World War II Army veteran. Bowling career Roth made a splash on the PBA Tour with a Bowling form, cranking, hard-throwing style that spawned a generation of imitators for years to come. Often referred to as "The Original Cranker," he won 34 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Smith (bowler)
Harry Monroe Smith (April 29, 1930 – August 8, 2021), nicknamed "Tiger", was a right-handed American ten-pin bowler and charter member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). Smith won 12 PBA Tour titles, including two major championships. He is a member of the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame. Early career Smith was known as a standout team bowler in his native Cleveland before moving to Detroit in 1955 to compete for the Pfeiffer Beer team. Two years later, he moved to St. Louis to bowl for the Falstaffs team, which at various times included Glenn Allison, Billy Welu, Buzz Fazio, Steve Nagy and Dick Hoover. PBA career Smith was one of 33 men who each donated $50 in 1958 to launch the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) with sports agent Eddie Elias. Harry competed in the inaugural 1959 season and won his first PBA title in 1961 at the El Paso PBA Open. He would win ten PBA titles, all between 1961 and 1965. Smith also won the 1960 BPAA All-Star (predecessor to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Season
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A January 1963 lunar eclipse, total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the January 1963 lunar eclipse, penumbral lunar eclipse and the Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963, annular solar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
