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Posted By	Discussion Topic: I know its just bowling, but this guy made it popular...Earl Anthony dead at 63
Cluster F	posted on 08-14-2001 @ 9:45 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00	Bowling legend Anthony dead at 63 August 14, 2001 SEATTLE (TICKER) -- Bowling legend Earl Anthony, the most prolific champion in PBA Tour history, died Tuesday. He was 63. Anthony died while visiting a friend in Wisconsin, PBA officials said. Additional details were not immediately available. The bespectacled lefthander turned to bowling after injuries forced him to abandon a promising baseball career. He went on to win 41 national tour titles, including eight major championships, and was named PBA Player of the Year six times. "The Professional Bowlers Association is saddened by the loss of Earl Anthony," the PBA said in a statement. "He was a pioneer in the sport of bowling and will be remembered by millions for his many appearances on PBA telecasts. Our hearts and thoughts are with his family." Anthony was a fixture on bowling telecasts in the 1970s, when he made the PBA Tour his own domain. He surged to prominence in 1974 with consecutive victories in two of the sport's major events -- the Firestone Tournament of Champions and PBA National Championship. The following year, the Washington native won seven tournaments and became the first PBA player to earn $100,000, breaking his own single-season record. He captured six more titles in 1976, passing Dick Weber as the winningest bowler in PBA history and claiming Player of the Year honors for a third straight year. "Words cannot express the sadness that my family and I are feeling at this time," Weber said. "Earl was a great bowler, a great man and a great friend. We will all miss him terribly." After his career began to ebb in the late 1970s, Anthony rebounded with a vengeance in 1981. He won four tournaments, was named Player of the Year a fourth time and broke the single-season earnings record set by Mark Roth. By capturing the 1981 PBA National Championship, Anthony became the first bowler to top $1 million in career earnings. He went on to win Player of the Year honors in 1982 and 1983 before his surprise retirement. The Bowler of the Decade for the 1970s, Anthony also recorded seven wins on the PBA Senior Tour. "I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out, in a good cause, and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious." -Vince Lombardi "90% of baseball is mental, the other half is physical." - Yogi Berra "There aint no odds against beating yourself no matter what the percentages are." - Rube Baker in Major League 2 IM me at GMoneyBagz
Tequila Fez claims this land in the name of Portugal! Why worry about the train if it never makes it around the tracks?? IrishAlkey wuz here!!!	posted on 08-14-2001 @ 9:48 PM
O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01	it just sucks to see a legend in a sport die so young ACCEPTING ADOPTION APPLICATIONS CLICK BELOW E-Mail Me 1 Tequila, 2 Tequila, 3 Tequila floor E-Mail Me AOL/AIM - oanda1027fm FUCK YOU CYCLOPS
Francine Banger	posted on 08-14-2001 @ 10:38 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00	so young? He was 63. If he died at 40 than maybe I would agree.
Canweseeyourstuff	posted on 08-15-2001 @ 8:15 AM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00	i remember watching the abc pro bowlers tour it seemed like he was always on the telecast he made the game look so easy. This message was edited by Canweseeyourstuff on 8-15-01 @ 8:28 AM

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