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Shanaman Sports Museum

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Shoe

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0184

Description

Professional bowler and Kent native Earl Anthony wore these white bowling shoes during his last competition in Flint, Michigan. Anthony was regarded as the best bowler in his era, winning 43 Professional Bowling Association (PBA) tour titles which ranks him second behind Walter Ray Williams Jr. Anthony held the record for more than 30 years until it was broken by Williams. Anthony won 10 Major titles including three-straight PBA National Championships from 1973-75 and 1981-83. He was the first player to earn $100,000 in a season and earned over $1.4 million in his career. Anthony was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1981. Before becoming a professional bowler, Anthony played baseball in the Air Force then earned a tryout with the Baltimore Orioles’ farm team in Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League. He injured his ankle covering first base and after receiving a reduced offer decided to go home. Anthony was driving a fork lift at a supermarket in Tacoma when friends asked him to join a bowling league after work. He soon hit a 185 average and then topped 200. He bowled locally before joining the PBA briefly in 1963 and again in 1969. He won at Seattle in 1970 and in New York the following year and stuck with the tour.

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