Category Archives: Bowling History

Was it Fate Bowling 300 at the 1994 PBA National Championship?

Watch as PBA Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia shoots 300 at the 1994 PBA National [...]

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Action Bowling in Brooklyn – 2 Stories I’ll Never Forget! Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

Story 1: I grew up and worked in a 12 laner under a movie theater [...]

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If You Love Your Freedom, Thank a Vet – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

My apologies to the readers, but I have to finish Vietnam….In the next installment (as [...]

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Memories of My First PBA Title, Being Drafted to Vietnam & Tossed from the Hotel – Johnny Petraglia

Winning My First Professional Bowling Title In August of 1966 in Ft. Smith Arkansas I [...]

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3 Long Weeks in the Middle East

[custom_frame_left shadow=”on”][/custom_frame_left] With the limited time Professional Bowlers are competing in the US nowadays we [...]

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My First Las Vegas Experience – A Toast to Don Johnson By Johnny Petraglia

How We Traveled To Bowl On The PBA In The Early Days In 1966, my [...]

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Does Life Get Any Better Than This! – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

My First Professional Tournament Finals Appearance   In January of 1966 ABC-TV was covering the [...]

Andy Varipapa & The Madison Square Garden Bowling Exhibition

An Amazing display of bowling at the garden When I was 13 yrs. old they [...]

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The Beginning – My First Professional Bowling Tournament – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

Professional Bowling Legend Johnny Petraglia Discusses His First PBA Bowling Tournament My first PBA event [...]

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