Meadville, Pennsylvania
William
E. Lynn enters the Pennsylvania State Bowling Association Hall of Fame
this evening for his contributions to the game of bowling.
Bill has bowled 25 PSBA
Tournaments, 36 ABC Tournaments. He has over 100-700, 3-300 and 3-800
to his credit in 46 years of organized bowling.
High game 300, high
series 815, high year average 227 and high ten year average 216. Bill's
lifetime average 201 in the WCCBA for bowlers with over 4,000
games this puts Bill in third place in lifetime average. Bill was the
first bowler to roll 800 series at Lost Lanes in Cambridge Springs, PA
also a team member to set the WCCBA record of 3602 in the annual
association tournament.
Titles within the local
association 17 team, 9 doubles, 2 singles and 3 all events, titles
within the PSBA 1982 singles at Erie, 2002 team at Altoona and the 2001
team at Western Crawford. The premier scratch bowling league in the
WCCBA has been the Merchant's Ten Pin Bowling League, which
was formed in 1941 and is still running Bill has been on the winning
team 12 times.
Bill was inducted into
the WCCBA Hall of Fame on November 17, 1978: Have been a president and
vice president of several leagues. Became a director in 1961 and
advanced to the position of president of his local association in 1965.
He remained president until 1969 in 1969 he became a director again and
worked till 1976. Helped to form the 700 club and was elected to be its
first president
Bill has been a
delegate to the PSBA Convention. During his time on the board he helped
to win the bid to hold the 1971 PSBA Championship Tournament in
Meadville at Plaza Lanes and Center Bowl.
For his outstanding
contributions to the game of bowling, it is a pleasure to induct
William E. Lynn into the Pennsylvania State Bowling Association Hall of
fame this evening.
PSBA
Hall of Fame
