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Middle Tennessee Bowling Association
MEMBERS OF THE
GREATER NASHVILLE BOWLING
ASSOCIATION / NASHVILLE AREA
USBC BA HALL OF FAME
BILL HUND
MR BILL HUND WAS BORN IN 1917. HE HAS SERVED AS TSBA SECRETARY SINCE 1953. HE ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE GNBA AS WELL AS SECRETARY AND TREASURER OF THE GNBA. BILL IS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE TSBA AND GNBA. HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE TSBA HALL OF FAME.
INDUCTED 1985
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
DECEASED 1989
T.J. VAN PATTEN
MR VAN PATTEN WAS BORN IN 1906. HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND LIFE MEMBER OF THE GNBA AND THE TSBA. MR VAN PATTEN SERVED AS A TJIS A DIRECTOR OF ABC FOR 20 YEARS AND IS A LIFE MEMBER OF ABC. T J IS A MEMBER OF THE TSBA HALL OF FAME. HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN 26 ABC HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN 26 ABC TOURNAMENTS AS WELL AS MANY STATE AND LOCAL TOURNAMENTS. HE IS VERY ACTIVE IN JUNIOR BOWLING PROGRAMS.
INDUCTED 1985
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
DECEASED 1996
PAUL LAWSON
PAUL WAS BORN IN 1932. HE STARTED BOWLING IN NASHVILLE IN 1950. HE SERVED WELL IN ALL PHASES OF BOWLING. HE BOWLED TWO SANCTIONED 300 GAMES. PAUL PARTICIPATED IN MANY STATE AND LOCAL TOURNAMENTS. HE SERVED AS TSBA PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR. HE SERVED THE GNBA AS PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR AND LIFE MEMBER.
INDUCTED IN 1987
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
DECEASED
BILL MARSH
BILL WAS BORN IN 1935. HE HAS TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE TWINS. BILL HAS BEEN MANAGER OF BOWLING CENTERS SINCE 1956. HE HELPED ORGANIZE BOWLING AT TENNESSEE TECH WHICH IS STILL ACTIVE TODAY. HE SERVED AS SECRETARY OF THE BPAA OF TENNESSEE IN 1968. BILL HAS PARTICIPATED IN MANY ABC, STATE AND LOCAL TOURNAMENTS, INCLUDING THE MASTERS AND THE REGULAR PBA TOUR, AS WELL AS THE PBA SENIOR'S. BILL WAS NASHVILLE BOWLER OF THE YEAR IN 1977-78 AND A MEMBER OF THE ALL CITY TEAM FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE HAS WON SEVERAL TOURNAMENTS, INCLUDING THE MONROEVILLE OPEN, GENTLEMANS CLASSIC, WINCHESTER OPEN, AND THE SOUTHERN SCRATCH ASSOCIATION'S CARBBONDALE ILL. OPEN AND THE HE HELPED ORGANIZE NASHVILLE OPEN. HE IS A PAST WESTERN PENNA. MATCH GAME CHAMPION AND RUNNER UP PENNA. STATE MATCH GAME CHAMPION. BILL AND HIS PARTNER ALSO FINISHED 8" IN THE BPAA NATIONAL ALL-STAR DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS. BILL ALSO FINISHED FIRST IN TWO GNBA CITY TOURNAMENTS WITH THE HIGHEST ALL EVENTS SCRATCH TOTAL. HE HAS BOWLED FIVE 300 GAMES OF WHICH THREE WERE HERE IN NASHVILLE. HE HAD SCORES OF 299 AND 298 ALONG WITH MANY 700 SERIES OF WHICH HIS HIGHEST WAS 778. HE AVERAGED 202.5 SINCE MOVING TO NASHVILLE IN 1968.
INDUCTED 1991
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT
DECEASED 2015
J. T. PHILLIPS
J. T. PHILLIPS JT SERVED AS A DIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT AND IS AN ACTIVE LIFE MEMBER OF THE GNBA. HE HAS REPRESENTED THIS ASSOCIATION AS A DELEGATE TO THE ABC, TENNESSEE STATE AND SOUTHEASTERN CONVENTIONS MANY TIMES. HE BOWLED IN THOSE TOURNAMENTS AS WELL. JTHAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE NYABA FOR TEN YEARS AND IS CURRENTLY THE VICE PRESIDENT. HE SERVED AS A DIRECTOR FOR THE TYABA FOR FIVE YEARS. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PUBLISHING THE FIRST NYABA YEARBOOK WHICH WON A NATIONAL AWARD. J T HAS BEEN WRITING A BOWLING COLUMN FOR THE TENNESSEAN SINCE 1972. HE SELECTS AN ALL CITY TEAM FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN AS WELL AS THE JUNIORS. HE PRESENTS TROPHIES TO THESE BOWLERS AND COVERS THE EXPENSE HIMSELF.
INDUCTED 1992
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
DECEASED 1997
GARY MARTINEAU
GARY WAS ON THE PRO BOWLERS TOUR FOR FOUR YEARS. HE WON THE PR BOWLING TOURNAMENT AT TUSCULUM LANES IN 1965 AND FINISHED 4TH IN TH HARTFORD TV FINALS. HE WON THE HUBBARD SINGLES IN MEMPHIS IN TO9 GARY HAS BOWLED MANY 300 GAMES OF WHICH TWO WERE HEREN NASHVILLE. HE BOWLED A 299 GAME AND MANY 700 SERIES OF WHICH HS HIGHEST N NASHVILLE WAS 783. HE APPEARED ON TV IN 1973.74 GIVING BOWLING TIPS. GARY WAS BOWLER OF THE YEAR IN NASHVILLE IN 1973-74 AND WAS ON THE ALL CITY TEAM FROM 1974-1978. HIS COMPOSITE AVERAGE SINC 1967 IS 200o. GARY HAS PARTICIPATED IN MANY NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL TOURNAMENTS.
INDUCTED 1993
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT
DECEASED JULY 1, 2004
JAMES E. SHOEMAKE
JAMES E. SHOEMAKE JIM STARTED BOWLING AT THE RECREATION CENTER AT EIGHTH AVENUE AND CHURCH STREET IN 1946. HE HAD AN AVERAGE OF 160 FOR THE FIRST YEAR. HIE PARTICIPATED IN ABC SANCTIONED LEAGUES AND TOURNAMENTS FROM 1946 THRU 1985. OVER THESE YEARS HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TENNESSEAN AND BANNER ALL NASHVILLE TEAM FOR 19 YEARS, NASHVILLE BOWLER OF THE YEAR IN 1976-77. HE WAS STATE SINGLES SCRATCH CHAMPION TWICE AND WAS THE STATE DOUBLES SCRATCH CHAMPION. HIS 747 SERIES STOOD AS THE HOUSE RECORD AT DONELSON BOWL FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS THE FIRST BOWLER TO HAVE A 200 AVERAGE. HE BOWLED ON THE WINNING TEAM IN THE MUSIC CITY CLASSIC FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS. JIM ALWAYS PLAYED THE GAME BY THE RULES.
INDUCTED 1995
ATHLETICACHIEVEMENT
DECEASED MAY 23, 2023
BEN CAILLOUETTE
BEN STARTED IN THE BOWLING FIELD AS A PIN BOY IN 1944 AT THE OLD DOWNTOWN LANES. HIS CAREER IN BOWLING STARTED IN 1959 AT STRIKE N SPARE LANES AND ENDED IN 1984. BEN STARTED BOWLING AT MELROSE LANES IN 1948 IN THE DIXIE LEAGUE. LATER HE BOWLED IN THE CITY CLASSIC LEAGUE AND THE BURGESON MAJOR LEAGUE AT MELROSE LANES. BEN RETIRED FROM THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE IN 1997. HE SERVED AS SECRETARY OF THE BOWLING PROPRIETORS ASSOCIATION AND AS A DIRECTOR ON THE GREATER NASHVILLE BOWLING ASSOCIATION'S BOARD. HE SERVED IN MANY CAPACITIES IN BOWLING LEAGUES. BEN BOWLED ON THE TEAM THAT WON THE CITY TOURNAMENT TEAM EVENT AND WON THE DOUBLES EVENT WITH LOU ETHRIDGE. HE MADE THE ALL CITY TEAM 1978. HIS CAREER HIGH AVERAGE WAS 204 AND HE HAS BOWLED THREE, 300 GAMES. HIS HIGHEST SERIES WAS A 795 IN 1961.
INDUCTED IN 2000
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
FRED TROUPE, JR.
FRED STARTED BOWLING AT YATES LANES IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE, UPSTAIRS OVER WAS THE YATES POOL ROOM. THE CENTER HAD PIN BOYS AT THAT TIME HE AND WORKED IN CHARGE OF THE RESTAURANT AT DONELSON BOWL FOR TWO YEARS MANY AS A MECHANIC THERE FOR THREE MORE YEARS. HE BOWLED IN AND THE LEAGUES INCLUDING THE DONELSON PLAZA'S CITY MAJOR DOUBLES HOUSE THAT REBEL LEAGUE. FRED BECAME A PARTNER IN SOUTHERN TROPHY DIVISION FOR SPONSORED TWO TEAMS THAT WON THE STATE TOURNAMENT SCRATCH YEARS. FRED WAS WHEN GALLATIN BOWL WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING LEAGUES TUESDAY NIGHT MEN'S BUILT AND SERVED AS SECRETARYY OF THE AS A DIRECTOR, VICE LEAGUE FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS. FRED HAS SERVED TENNESSEE STATE BOWLING PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT OF THE GNBA AS WELL AS THE ABC NATIONAL CONVENTION ASSOCIATION. FRED HAS BEENA DELEGATE TO THE JAMBOREES. HE IS CURRENTLY THREE A TIMES AND HAS ATTENDED 13 STATE LIFE MEMBER OF THE GREATER NASHVILLE OF THE BOWLING ASSOCIATION.
INDUCTED IN 2004
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
CARMEL E. (BUBBA) BURRIS
BUBBA STARTED BOWLING IN 1957 AND BY 1961 HAD THE HIGHEST AERAGE IN NASHVILLE IN THREE DIFFERENT HOUSES, AS WELL AS HAVING THE ONLY THREE HONOR SCORES BOWLED IN NASHVILLE THAT YEAR: 2-700 SERIES ANDA 299 GAME. BUBBA BOWLEDA 300 GAME IN 1999. HE WON THE SINGLES EVENT IN THE 1960 NASHVILLE CITY TOURNAMENT AND WON THE ALLEVENTS IN THE 1961 NASHVILLE CITY TOURNAMENT. HE ALsO BOWLED ON MULTIPLE WNNING TEAMS IN THE NASHVILLE CITY TOURNAMENTS. HIS WIFE GABY, IS ALSO AN AVID AND TALENTED BOWLER.
INDUCTED APRIL 2, 2016
ATHLETIC ACHEVEMENT
DANIEL (DANNY THOMAS
DANNY BEGAN BOWLING IN THE JUNIOR LEAGUE PROGRAMS IN NASHVILLE AND CONTINUED HIS LOVE OF THE SPORT, BECOMING A MEMBER OF USBC IN 1965. HE HAS BOWLED 8-300 GAMES, 3-299 GAMES, 3-11 INA ROW GAMES AND 1-800 SERIES, HE HAS AVERAGED OVER 200 FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1998 AND 2006 TEAMS THAT WON THE NASHVILLE CITY TOURNAMENTS. HB HAS BOWLED IN 30 CONSECUTIVE ABC/USBC NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS. HIS GREATEST REWARD THROUGH HIS YEARS OF BOWLING, HAS BEEN THE MANY FRIENDSHIPS HE HAS MADE.
INDUCTED APRIL 2, 2016
ATHLETICACHIEVEMENT
WAYNE EZELL
FROM EARLY 1980 THROUGH THE CURRENT DATE WAYNE WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE TENNESSEE STATE'S OUTSTANDING BOWLERS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NASHVILLE ALL CITY TEAM FROM 1984 THROUGH 1992, AND HE WAS BOWLER OF THE YEAR IN 1991-92. WON NUMEROUS TOURNAMENTS DURING THIS TIME INCLUDING THE HOINKE CLASSIC. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COLUMBIA'S 300 WORLD TEAM CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. HE WON 19 EVENTS IN THHE GREATER NASHVILLE CITY TOURNAMENTS AND HE HAS AVERAGED 200 OR BETTER FOR THE PAST 32 YEARS RECORDING HIS HIGHEST AVERAGE OF 232 IN 1992. HE HAS BOWLED IN 26 ABC/USBC NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS AND IS ONE OF ONLY THREE BOWLERS WHO AVERAGED 200 OR BETTER WAYNE COMPOSITE AVERAGE FOR 25 TOURNAMENTS. WAYNE HAS 55 ABC/USBC HONOR SCORES INCLUDING 8 298 GAMES, 9 - 299 GAMES, 26- 300 GAMES AND 13 - 800 SERIES. WAYNE ALSO HAS BOWLED 21 11 INA ROW GAMES.
INDUCTED JUNE 8, 2008
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT
TERRY TAYLOR
TERRY SERVED ON THE GREATER NASHVILLE BOWLING ASSOCIATION AND THE NASHVILLE YABA BOARDS. IN 1974-75 HE WAS THE FIRST BOWLER TO AVERAGE 220 OR BETTER. HE BOWLED THE SECOND AND THIRD 800 SERIES THAT WERE BOWLED IN NASHVILLE AND MANY MORE THEREAFTER. TERRY HAS BOWLED MANY 300 GAMES INCLUDING A 300 GAME IN THE 1991 NATIONAL TOURNAMENT. IN 1987 HE WON THE SINGLES EVENT IN THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT. TERRY HAS 3-299 GAMES AND 3-298 GAMES. HE WON THE 1979 TENNESSEE STATE TOURNAMENT DOUBLES EVENT AND HAS WON MANY EVENTS IN THE GREATER NASHVILLE BOWLING ASSOCIATION CITY TOURNAMENT.
INDUCTED JUNE 8, 2008
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT
RICKY WOODS
RICKY WOODS WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1962. HE DECIDED AT AN EARLY AGE TO DEDICATE HIMSELF TO THE GAME OF BOWLING. HE HAS A COMPOSITE AVERAGE OF OVER 220 FOR THE PAST 25+ YEARS. AMONG HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE, 16-11 IN-A-ROW GAMES, 11-299 GAMES, 2-298 GAMES, OVER 40-300 GAMES AND OVER 25-800 SERIES. HIS HIGH SERIES OF 837 WAS ROLLED IN 2002, WHEN HE WAS DOUBLES CHAMPION INTHE TEN PIN CLASSIC IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. RICKY RECEIVED HIS USBC OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP PLAQUE FOR 25 YEARS OF TOURNAMENT BOWLING. RICKY HAS CASHIED IN MANY TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT THE METRO NASHVLLE AREA AND COUNTRYWIDE. RICKY'S OTHBER ARCHIEVEMENTS ARE: 1992 NASHVILLE ALL CITY TEAM, 2000 TRIPLES TEAM CITY AND STATE RECORD OF 856 (INCLUDEDA 299 GAME) WITH TEAMMATES ROY TRAIL AND CHARLIE FORID, 2004 GNBA CUY TOURNAMENT TEAM, SINGLES AND ALL-EVENTS CHAMPION, AND IN 2013 AND 2015 PLACED AS HIGH AS TTH IN THE USBC SENIOR MASTERS. IN 2014 RICKY PLACED TTH IN THE USBC SENIOR MASTERS, AS SPOTS 1-6 WERE HELD BY PBA MEMBERS. TINA, HIS WIFE OF 22 YEARS, IS AN EXCELLENT BOWLER AS WELL.
INDUCTED JULY 14, 2018
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT
CLIFFE RAY
CLIFFE STARTED BOWLING AT INGLEWOOD LANES IN THE BANTAM LEAGEIN NASHVILLE. IN 1978, HE WON THE HENDERSONVILLE SCRATCH CLASSIC. HE WAS ANBC CERTIFIED BOWLING INSTRUCTOR FOR THE 76-77 AND 77-78 SEASONS. IN 1985, HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EZ'S FIVE'S MEN'S TEAM THAT WON THE 19TH ANNUAL MUSIC CITY CLASSIC WITH A SCRATCH SCORE OF 3,564, IN WHICH CLIFFE BOWLED A 736 SERIES. TWO YEARS LATER, HE WON THE TENNESSEE STATE MEN'S SCRATCH DOUBLES EVENT WITH RANDY POWELL. HE HAS ALSO BOWLEDIN MANY CITY, STATE AND NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS, ALONG WITH THE HOINKE CLASSIC AND LOUISVILLE DERBY EVENTS. HE WAS ON THE 1988 TENNESSEAN'S ALL CITY TEAM WITH A COMPOSITE AVERAGE OF 217.6. IN HISS MANY YEARS OF BOWLING, HE HAS BOWLED MULTIPLE 300 GAMES, 800 SERIES AND NUMEROUS 700 SERIES. HE VOLUNTEERED HIS COACHING SKILILS AT TUSCULUM LANES WITH THE YOUTH PROGRAM. HE CURRENTLY LIVES IN SMYRNA, TN. WITH HIS WIFE TRACY AND SON GRIFFIN AND HAS BEEN MARRIED TO TRACY FOR 27 YEARS.
INDUCTED JULY 14, 2018
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT
WILLIAM ROY TRAIL
ROY TRAIL BEGAN BOWLING IN LEAGUES IN 1967. HE HAS BOWLED NUMEROUS 300 GAMES. IN 1996 HE BoWLED A 300 GAME IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. ROY WAS A MEMBER OF THE CITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION SCRATCH TEAM IN 2000. HE BOWLED A 300 GAME ON THE 3 MAN TEAM THAT BOWLED AN 856 GAME, WHICH BROKE A STATE RECORD. HE FINISHED 2ND IN THE DOUBLES IN THE 40 FRAME GAMES IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. HE BOWLED NUMEROUS HIGH GAMES AND SERIES.
INDUCTED 2004
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT (POSTHUMOUSLY)
DECEASED 2003
GLYNN BURKLIN
GLYNN BURKLIN WAS MARRIED TO IVA, WHO WORKED AT PLA MOR LANES FOR MANY YEARS. GLYNN WAS MANAGER OF PLA MOR LANES FROM 1962 THROUGH 1985. HE BOWLED TWO 300 GAMES AND MANY 700 SERIES. GLYNN PROMOTED THE GAME OF BOWLING AND PLAYED THE GAME BY THE RULES. HE BOWLED IN THE NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL CITY TOURNAMENTS FOR 25 YEARS.
INDUCTED 2006
MERITORIOUS SERVICE (POSTHUMOUSLY)
DECEASED 2005
HARRY STODDARD
HARRY HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH BOWLING FOR THE PAST 29 YEARS. HE IS MARRIED TO SUE AND HAS ONE SON. HE HAS BEEN THE MANAGER AT WEST BOWL, PLAZA LANES, DONELSON BOWL AND IS CURRENTLY AT SMYRNA BOWLING CENTER. HE HAS PROMOTED THE GAME OF BOWLING AT ALL LEVELS. HARRY HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED THIS ASSOCIATION'S PROGRAMS. CURRENTLY HE HAS A HUGE YOUTH PROGRAM AT SMYRNA BOWLING CENTER. HE HASS BOWLED IN MANY CITY AND STATE TOURNAMENTS. HARRY HAS BOWLED A 802 SERIES, A 299 GAME AND A 298 GAME.
INDUCTED MARCH 25, 2007
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
DECEASED
MIKE WHITE
MIKE STARTED BOWILING THE BIG SCOREs IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES. HE HAS AVERAGEDOVER 200 FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. HE HAS BOWLED 17-300 GAMES, 10-800 SERIES, 7-299 GAMES AND 33-11 INA ROW GAMES. HE WAS BOWLER OF THE YEAR FOUR TIMES AND WAS ON THE ALL CITY TEAM FIVE TIMES. MIKE WON THE NASHVLLE CITY TOURNAMENT FIVE TIMES. HE BOWLED IN THE STATE TOURNAMENTS AND OTHER TOURNAMENTS WHERE HE HAD OUTSTANDING SCORES. HE HAD A 234 AVERAGE FOR THE 1997-98 SEASON WHICH WAS A RECORD. IN 1996 HE BOWLED BACK TO BACK 300 GAMES ON DIFFERENT LANES. MIKE COACHED HIGH SCHOOL BOWLERS FROM 1999 THROUGH 2005 AT HUNTERS LANE
INDUCTED JUNE 6, 2010
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT
DECEASED AUGUST 1, 2017
CHUCKE. YORK, SR.
CHUCK AND HIS WIFE SUE, HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 35 YEARS. CHUCK BEGAN BOWLING IN 1976. HE HAS HAD A COMPOSITE AVERAGE OVER 200 FOR THE LAST GAMES, 35+ YEARS, 10-300 WITH GAMES HIS HIGHEST AND BEING 228. HE HAS BOWLED 14-11 INA ROW, 2-299 HIS HIGHEST BEING 836. HE HUNDREDS WAS A OF 700 SERIES AND 2-800+ SERIES, WITH ANNUAL CITY TOURNAMENT. HE WAS MEMBER OF THE TEAM THAT WON THE 68TH VEARS AND WAS DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR on the BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR SEVERAL AMBASSADOR IN 2005. CHUCK HAS BEEN A GREAT OTHERS WHICH FOR OUR SPORT BY HELPING TEACH THE YOUTH BOWLERS AND IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT IS MOST REWARDING TO HIM.
INDUCTED DECEMBER 4, 2011
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT
EDWARD E. KENNEDY
ED BEGAN HIS BOWLING CAREER IN 1940 AT THE OLD NASHVILLE RECREATION CENTER ON DEADRICK STREET. HE HAS SPONSORED MANY BOWLING TEAMS SINCE 1960. AVERAGE WAS 192. MR KENNEDY PARTICIPATED IN MANY ABC NATIONAL, STATE HE HAS BOWLED A 279 GAME AND 728 SERIES. HIS HIGHEST AND CITY TOURNAMENTS AS WELL AS OTHER POPULAR TOURNAMENTS. WHEN IT CAME TO BOWLING, ED WAS SERIOUS BUT GRACIOUS IN DEFEAT, AS HE WAS IN VICTORY. THAT IS THE WAY HE LIVED HIS LIFE. HE WAS VERY GENEROUS IN HIS SUPPORT OF BOWLING. HE TRULY IS AMAN TO BE ADMIRED AND RESPECTED.
INDUCTED 1997
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
DECEASED - FEBRUARY, 2009
CHARLES G. (MONTY) MONTGOMERY
"MONTY" BOWLED IN HIS FIRST ABC LEAGUE IN 1945. HE MOVED TO THE NASHVILLE AREA IN 1947 AND BOWLED IN THE BUSINESS MEN'S AND ROY NOWLIN LEAGUES. HE SERVED IN VARIOUS POSITIONS ON THE GR NASHVILLE BOWLING ASSOCIATION BOARD AND WAS ELECTED SECRETARY OF THAT BOARD IN 1961. HE SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY FOR 16 YEARS. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN COMPILING THE FIRST YEARBOOK. HE PROMOTED AND PARTICIPATED IN MANY ABC, STATE AND LOCAL BOWLING TOURNAMENTS. "MONTY" SERVED ASA DELEGATE TO MANY ABC CONVENTIONS. HE IS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE GR NASHVILLE BOWLING ASSOCIATION. "MONTY" STATES THAT HE HAS WON MANY AWARDS BUT TREASURES HIS BOWLING FRIENDS THE MOST. HE BOWLED A 290 GAME AND AVERAGED 184.
INDUCTED 1998
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
DECEASED - AUGUST 30, 2005
A.C. ARMSTRONG
AC BEGAN BOWLING IN 1948 IN NASHVILLE. N 1959 HE WAS THE TENNESSEE STATE ALL-EVENTS CHAMPION. HE ORGANIZED SQUADS TO PARTICIPATE IN MANY TOURNAMENTS. HE WAS NEARING HIS 25TH ABC TOURNAMENT IN WHICH HE PARTICIPATED AS A BOWLER. HE WAS A MEMBER OF GNBA SINCE THE LATE 1960'S. HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF THE GNBA HE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE GNBA. HE WAS DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF BOWLING.
INDUCTED 1995
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
DECEASED 1993
JACK WHITE
JACK HAS BEEN IN BOWLING FOR OVER 60 YEARS. IN 1934 SHORTY YATES AND PEE WEE AUSTIN TAUGHT JACK TO BOWL. HE JOINED A LEAGUE AT DUPONT AND HAS BEEN BOWLING EVER SINCE. HE HELPED ORGANIZE AND WAS SECRETARY OF THE OLD HICKORY ASSOCIATION WHICH LATER BECAME PART OF THE GR NASHVILLE BOWLING ASSOCIATION. JACK WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR AT THAT TIME. JACK HAS HAD A TEAM INA LEAGUE IN THE GNBA FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS. HE SERVED AS A DIRECTOR OF THE GNBA FROM 1937 TO 1946, VICE RESIDENT 1947 TO 1950, AND WAS APPOINTED GNBA SECRETARY TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF BUD OLIVER AND WAS ELECTED TO THE OFFICE IN 1951. HE WAS ELECTED ASA LIFE MEMBER OF THE GNBA IN 1972. JACK HAS BOWLED IN MANY STATE AND LOCAL ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS AND HAS PROMOTED BOWLING IN NASHVILLE FOR MANY YEARS.
INDUCTED 1996
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
DECEASED 2002
ADRIAN (ROCK) LEWIS
ROCK LEWIS HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE, SHARON, FOR TWENTY-SIX YEARS. THEY HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND RESIDE IN GOODLETTSVILLE. ROCK BEGAN BOWLING AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE AND CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. HE WAS NAMBD TO THE BANNER'S ALL CITY TEAM FOR 18 CONSECUTIVE YEARS AND WAS THE TENNESSEAN'S BOWLER OF THE YEAR THREE TIMES. IN 1971 HE WON THE SCRATCH SINGLES, DOUBLES, AND ALL HIS 779 SERIES AND 2000 ALL EVENTS SCORES WERE CITY EVENTS TITLES. TOURNAMENT RECORDS UNTIL 1984. ROCK HAS OVER 50 SERIES OF 700 OR MORE AND ONE 300 GAME. HE AVERAGED 219 N THE 1974-75 SEASON. HIS COMPOSITE AVERAGE IS 196 OVER THE TWENTY-FTVE YEARS OF BOWLING.
INDUCTED 1992
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT
DECEASED
BEN KRISE
BEN STARTED BOWLING IN NEW ORLEANS, LA IN 1951 WITH THE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO TEAM. HE STARTED BOWLING IN NASHVILLE IN 1954 AT THE DOWNTOWN LANES. HE SERVED AS SECRETARY/TREASURER OF THE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE LEAGUE FOR 4 YEARS AND CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM FOR 28 YEARS MERCHANTS LEAGUE FOR 16 YEARS AND THE ROY NOWLIN LEAGUE FOR 8 YEARS. BEN HAS SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR ON THE GNBA BOARD. HE SERVED AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE GNBA FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. HE IS A CERTIFIED ABC LANE INSPECTOR, PARTICIPATED IN 34 STATE TOURNAMENTS AND 14 ABC TOURNAMENTS. HE HAS HELPED MANAGE THE STATE, CITY, AND SENIOR TOURNAMENTS. HE BOWLED IN ALL 12 OF THE STATE SENIOR TOURNAMENTS. HE HAS SERVED AS SECRETARY/TREASURER OF THE PLA MOR
MERCHANTS LEAGUE FOR 16 YEARS AND THE ROY NOWLIN LEAGUE FOR 8 YEARS. BEN HAS SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR ON THE GNBA BOARD. HE SERVED AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE GNBA FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. HE IS A CERTIFIED ABC LANE INSPECTOR, PARTICIPATED IN 34 STATE TOURNAMENTS AND 14 ABC TOURNAMENTS. HE HAS HELPED MANAGE THE STATE, CITY, AND SENIOR TOURNAMENTS. HE BOWLED IN ALL 12 OF THE STATE SENIOR TOURNAMENTS.
INDUCTED 1993
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
DECEASED 2000
BEN KRISE
JIM WAS BORN IN 1933. HE IS MARRIED TO MARLENE CARTER AND THEY HAVE ONE SON, MITCH. HE STARTED BOWLING IN 1955. HE FORMED 3 LEAGUES, THE UNITED MAJOR, NASHVILLE CLASSIC AND PLAZA TRIPLES. HE WAS ACTIVE IN STARTING THE GNBA AWARDS PROGRAM. HE BOWLED SEVERAL 700 SERIES HIGHEST WAS 744. HE BOWLED MANY HIGH GAMES OF WHICH 289 WAS HISS HIGHEST. HIS TEAMS WON THE SCRATCH TEAM EVENT IN TWO CONSECUTTVE STATE TOURNAMENTS. JIM HAS A COMPOSITE AVERAGE OF 188 SINCE 1955. HE BOWLED IN 25 CONSECUTIVE ABC NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS AND 24 CONSECUTIVE STATE AND CITY TOURNAMENTS. HE HELPED ORGANIZE THE NASHVILLE BOWLING COUNCIL AND IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS TREASURER. UNDER HIS GUIDANCE THE GNBA HAS WON ONE, FIVE AND TEN YEAR AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE. HE HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR AND IS CURRENTLY THE SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE TENNESSEE STATE BA. HE SERVED 5 YEARS AS PRESIDENT, 5 YEARS AS VICE PRESIDENT AND 14 YEARS AS SECRETARY OF GNBA. HE IS A LIFE MEMBER OF GNBA AND TSBA. JIM WAS NAMED TO ALL CITY TEAMS TWICE.
INDUCTED 1990
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE
ARNOLD POSTON
ARNOLD WAS BORN N 1911. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE GNBA FOR 47 YEARS. HE HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE GNBA AND HAS BEEN A LIFE MEMBER FOR 2 YEARS. HE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE JUNIOR BOWLING PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS. HE HAS BOWLED IN THE GENESCO BOWLING LEAGUE FOR 50 YBARS. ARNOLD PARTICIPATES IN THE NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL TOURNAMENTS. HE HAS BOWLED IN 24 NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS.
INDUCTED 1991
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
DECEASED 2002
JIM ROLLINS
DECEASED MAY 24, 2023
