Dick Hoover

For the Major League pitcher, see Dick Hoover (baseball).

Dick Hoover (15 December 1929 – 17 September 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.^[1]

Hoover won four PBA titles, including the Masters and All Star. He was inducted into the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 1974.^[2]

Hoover owned and operated Dick Hoover's Lanes in Brunswick, Ohio.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Professional Bowlers Association Pioneer Dick Hoover dies". bowlingdigital.com. http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/7107. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
2. ^ "USBC Hall of Famer Dick Hoover dies at age 79". bowling.teamusa.org. 2009-09-18. http://bowling.teamusa.org/news/article/16095. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
3. ^ "Dick Hoover's Lanes". dickhooverslanes.com. http://www.dickhooverslanes.com/. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 

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Name	Hoover, Dick
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Date of birth	1929-12-15
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Date of death	2009-09-17
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