Dick Hoover, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDick Hoover
American ten-pin bowler
Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1929
Date of Death: 17-Sep-2009
Profession: bowler
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Dick Hoover
- Richard Lee "Dick" Hoover (December 15, 1929 – September 17, 2009) was an American professional bowler.
- He won two American Bowling Congress Masters titles in 1956 and 1957, and helped start the PBA in 1958 with founder Eddie Elias.Born in Roseville, Ohio, Hoover grew up in Akron.
- He gained his first fame as a 16-year-old schoolboy by rolling an 847 series, the highest in the nation during 1946.
- Five years later, at 21, he became the youngest bowler to win the BPAA All-Star tournament (predecessor to the U.S.
- Open).
- A four-time All-American, he was inducted into the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 1974.Hoover owned and operated Dick Hoover's Lanes in Brunswick, Ohio.
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