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1982 PSBA Hall of Fame Inductees
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Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Dan Spada is one of those talented
bowlers that to list all his titles and accomplishments would take all
night long. He has to his credit two sanctioned 300 games, one 299 game
and one 297 game and 125 "700" series. He has also rolled ten
open-bowling 300 games. He joined the Professional Bowlers Association
in 1960 and was a member for eight years. In that time he participated
in 40 tournaments, being a finalist seven times with a best finish of
fourth place. He also rolled in 35 regional PBA tournaments, nine times
in the finals with a best finish of second place. Dan joined the
Brunswick Advisory staff in 1963 and conducted Learn to Bowl Clinics
for the Brunswick Corporation. He also gave bowling lessons for many of
the Philadelphia Area High Schools, including a School for the Blind.
Dan participated in 17 ABC tournaments.
He was a member of the Dave's Auto Supply Team which won the National
Team Title in Cincinnati in 1968. He also has a fifth place finish in
Doubles with John Till to his credit. In P.S.B.A. competition, he was a
member of the Championship Actual Team in 1966, teamed with John Till
to win the-Doubles Actual Championship in 1964, and was the All Events
Actual Champion both in 1962 and 1964. As the All Events Champion, he
represented the P.S.B.A. in the A.B.C. Masters tournament twice, each
time making the finals. He represented the U.S.A. in the Friendship
Matches with Canada in 1968, where he was a member of the winning
five-man team and doubles event champion. He has won numerous singles
tournaments in the Philadelphia and South Jersey area. He placed second
in the DeVito Classic Tournament in Chicago. Dan has shown his bowling
talent throughout the country and has displayed good sportsmanship
during his outstanding career.
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Williamsport, Pennsylvania
By inducting Tommy Barger into the
Hall of Fame, we are honoring one of the founders of the Pennsylvania
State Bowling Association. He served as a Director of the P.S.B.A. from
1932 through 1949. He was elected to the position of Fourth Vice
President and proceeded through the chairs, becoming President of the
Pennsylvania State Bowling Association for the 1962 -1963 season. He
also served as President of the National "700" Club of America for two
years. He was instrumental in starting and promoting Blind Bowlers
programs in his area of the state and has held tournaments and banquets
for the Blind Bowlers for twenty-six years. He donated a wooden bowling
ball to the P.S.B.A., which in turn has been presented to the American
Bowling Congress National Bowling Museum.
As a bowler, Tommy was one of the
better bowlers in Central Pennsylvania. He rolled twenty-six (26)
sanctioned 700 series, the highest of which was 799. His high single
game was a 290. He bowled in the very first American Bowling Congress
tournament held in Buffalo in 1925. He competed in at least nineteen
(19) ABC tournaments, his best effort being a 706 series rolled in a
doubles event which resulted in a sixth place finish.
At the age of 81, Tommy was still
active in community affairs, serving as Secretary of the Williamsport
Exchange Club. He received numerous awards and citations. He is a
member of the Pennsylvania All Sports Hall of Fame and was the first
member of the Lycoming County Bowling Association Hall of Fame. For at
least thirteen years, he organized bus trips to the Yankee Old-timers
game in New York with the proceeds going to sponsor a picnic for 125
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PSBA Hall of Fame
Inductees by Year:
2000 to Present
1990-1999
1980-1989
Prior to 1980
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