Print, Photographic

Johnson Paint Co. Bowling Team

Johnson Paint Co. Bowling Team

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Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.10.03

Description

Five bowlers on the Johnson Paint Co. bowling team pose for a picture. In the front row from left to right, there is Urban Schmidt and Johnny Artoe. In the back row, there's Primo Artoe, Ted Tadich and Earl Johnson. In 1949, this team bowled in the American Bowling Congress Atlantic City tournament. Johnson was the first of Tacoma's two celebrated Earls of bowling. Earl Johnson and Earl Anthony were inducted into the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame. Johnson won his first PBA title in 1960 in San Francisco. He's in the Tacoma Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame.

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Bowling, Professional/Semi-Pro

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Schmidt, Urban

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Artoe, Johnny

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Artoe, Artoe

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Tadich, Ted

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Johnson, Earl

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Stolz, Paul H.