Dave Davis (bowler), Date of Birth

    

Dave Davis (bowler)

American ten-pin bowler

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1942

Profession: bowler

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Dave Davis (bowler)

  • Dave Davis (born April 28, 1942) is a former American professional ten-pin bowler and former member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA).
  • He grew up in Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania, and now resides in Lake Placid, Florida. Beginning his PBA career in 1964, the left-hander won 18 PBA Tour titles, including four majors.
  • He was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1978.
  • Davis won multiple titles in a season four times, including six titles in the 1967 season alone.
  • The 1967 season would see him win the PBA National Championship on his way to Player of the Year honors.
  • He also won the PBA National Championship in 1965, plus two PBA Tournament of Champions titles (1968 and 1975).
  • As a PBA Senior Tour bowler, Davis won back-to-back titles in the USBC Senior Masters (1995 and 1996). In addition, Davis served the PBA in various positions on the Executive Board and Tournament Committee.
  • He was ranked #19 on the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years." For a brief period, Davis spent time in the TV broadcast booth, alongside play-by-play announcer Chris Schenkel.
  • After the death of Schenkel's long-time broadcast partner, Billy Welu, in 1974, Davis and Dick Weber shared analyst duties on ABC-TV's Professional Bowlers Tour until Nelson Burton Jr.
  • was hired as a full-time replacement in 1975. Davis also appeared regularly on the 1970s version of Celebrity Bowling as an analyst and cohost.

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