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Category Archives: The Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

THE BOWLING MEMOIRS OF JOHNNY PETRAGLIA

Bowling Memoirs With Johnny Petraglia – Marshall Holman Has Always Been a “Good” Guy

Marshall has always been a good guy, but 40 years ago he would have flare [...]

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10
Jan
Petraglia Remembers Vietnam – Comments About a Recent Story in the Bowler’s Journal

In the August issue of Bowlers Journal there’s a story written about me. (Petraglia remembers [...]

01
Aug
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – God Bless John Forst

These past few weeks I had a good swing on the west coast. At the [...]

06
Jul
The Story of Skee Foremsky, His Humor & Bodyguard – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

Skee Foremsky was a great bowler. He won six PBA titles. He won the Showboat [...]

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02
May
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – The Story of Richie Hornreich

I grew up with Richie Hornreich. Richie is one of the best action bowlers of [...]

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31
Mar
The Time Parker Bohn III Lost His Cool – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

For those of you that have watched Parker Bohn bowl, you know he’s one of [...]

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11
Jan
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – The Great Chris Schenkel

When the PBA was on top, it was number one in its time slot for [...]

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14
Dec
The Eccentric Mark Roth – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

Okay, I think it’s time I wrote something about Mark Roth. Actually, I could write [...]

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11
Nov
The Story of Skee Foremsky, His Humor & Bodyguard – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

Skee Foremsky was a great bowler. He won six PBA titles. He won the Showboat [...]

6 Comments

02
May
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – The Story of Richie Hornreich

I grew up with Richie Hornreich. Richie is one of the best action bowlers of [...]

10 Comments

31
Mar
The Time Parker Bohn III Lost His Cool – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

For those of you that have watched Parker Bohn bowl, you know he’s one of [...]

10 Comments

11
Jan
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – The Great Chris Schenkel

When the PBA was on top, it was number one in its time slot for [...]

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14
Dec
The Eccentric Mark Roth – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

Okay, I think it’s time I wrote something about Mark Roth. Actually, I could write [...]

7 Comments

11
Nov
The Legend of Bert Goodman – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

When I first got into league bowling, the big leagues in my area were the [...]

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14
Sep
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – Saturday Afternoon Pot Bowling in 1963

When I was 16 there were great pot games at my home lanes. About 30 [...]

24
Aug
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – Remembering the Great John Hriscina

On July 20th, 2015 we lost John Hriscina. John was the Senior PBA Bowler of [...]

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04
Aug
The Time Parker Bohn III Lost His Cool – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

For those of you that have watched Parker Bohn bowl, you know he’s one of [...]

10 Comments

Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – The Great Chris Schenkel

When the PBA was on top, it was number one in its time slot for [...]

1 Comment

The Eccentric Mark Roth – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

Okay, I think it’s time I wrote something about Mark Roth. Actually, I could write [...]

7 Comments

The Legend of Bert Goodman – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

When I first got into league bowling, the big leagues in my area were the [...]

2 Comments

Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – Saturday Afternoon Pot Bowling in 1963

When I was 16 there were great pot games at my home lanes. About 30 [...]

Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – Remembering the Great John Hriscina

On July 20th, 2015 we lost John Hriscina. John was the Senior PBA Bowler of [...]

3 Comments

Bowlers Golfing for High Stakes – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

I know this is supposed to be a bowling blog, but this time I’m going [...]

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Bowling in the 2020 Olympics – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

Two thoughts this time.. First, we are on the verge of getting into the Olympics. [...]

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Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – Flashback to the mid 70’s for the King Louie Open

At this year’s Senior U.S.Open, I ran into Matt Surina. He doesn’t bowl much anymore, [...]

Sometimes Even When Something Isn’t Fun It Can Turn Out to Be Funny – Bowling Memoirs by Johnny Petraglia

Brunswick used to sponsor the Mini-Eliminator in Las Vegas. Every entrant got a bowling ball [...]

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