The 1959 PBA Tournament Schedule consisted of three events:
1. Empire State Open
(Albany, NY) from Friday, May 22, 1959 - Sunday, May 24, 1959
held at Schade's Academy
held at Schade's Academy
2. Paramus Eastern Open
(Paramus, NJ) from Thursday, May 28, 1959 - Saturday, May 30, 1959
held at Paramus Bowl
3. Dayton Open (Dayton, OH) from Thursday, September 10, 1959 - Sunday, September 13, 1959
held at Bar-Jan Bowl
held at Bar-Jan Bowl
PBA Bowlers in the Inaugural 1959 season
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Glenn Allison of St. Louis, MO placed 14th in the second tournament in Paramus, out of 24 bowlers.
Glenn Allison of St. Louis, MO placed 14th in the second tournament in Paramus, out of 24 bowlers.
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Jerry Back of Amherst, NY placed 12th in the first tournament, in Albany, out of 28 bowlers.
Jerry Back of Amherst, NY placed 12th in the first tournament, in Albany, out of 28 bowlers.
Ray Bluth of St. Louis, MO participated in all three tournaments of the 1959 season. He placed 7th in Albany out of 28, 11th in Paramus out of 24, and and 3rd in Dayton out of 36.
Bill Bunetta of Fresno, CA placed 9th in the third tournament held in Dayton, OH, out of 36 bowlers
Lou Campi of Dumont, NJ placed first in the very first PBA tournament ever, held in Albany, New York, out of 28 bowlers, and third out of 24 in the second PBA tournament of 1959, held in Paramus.
Jim Carman of Dallas, TX participated in the third PBA tournament held in Dayton
and placed 25th out of 36.
Don Carter of St. Louis, MO participated in the first tournament in Albany and placed 15th out of 28 bowlers.
Don Carter of St. Louis, MO participated in the first tournament in Albany and placed 15th out of 28 bowlers.
Larry Cassera of Albany, NY participated in the first tournament, held in Albany, and placed 8th out of 28 bowlers.
Bob Chase of Kansas City, KS participated in the third tournament held in Dayton and placed 8th out of 36 bowlers.
Frank Clause of Old Forge, PA participated in the 2nd PBA tournament ever, held in Paramus, NJ and placed
20th out of 24.
Phil Cleary of Endwell, NY participated in the first tournament ever, in Albany, and placed 25th out of 28.
Sam Coleman of Fairfield, OH participated in the third PBA tournament held in Dayton and placed 29th out of 36th.
Sam Coleman of Fairfield, OH participated in the third PBA tournament held in Dayton and placed 29th out of 36th.
Robert Crawford of Detroit. MI participated in the third ever PBA tournament, held in Dayton, and placed 27th out of 36.
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Joe Donato of Schenectady, NY participated in the very first PBA tournament, held in Albany, and placed 4th out of 28 bowlers.
Joe Donato of Schenectady, NY participated in the very first PBA tournament, held in Albany, and placed 4th out of 28 bowlers.
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Ralph Engan of Yonkers, NY participated in the 2nd tournament held in Paramus and placed 13th out of 24.
Ralph Engan of Yonkers, NY participated in the 2nd tournament held in Paramus and placed 13th out of 24.
Don Ellis of Houston, TX placed 6th out of 28 in the very first tournament in Albany, and 21st out of 36 in the third tournament held in Dayton.
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Lindy Faragalli of Wayne, NJ participated in the 2nd tournament of 1959 and placed 12th out of 24 bowlers.
Lindy Faragalli of Wayne, NJ participated in the 2nd tournament of 1959 and placed 12th out of 24 bowlers.
Buzz Fazio of Detroit, MI participated in the first PBA tournament ever, in Albany, and placed 5th out of 28 bowlers.
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Therm Gibson of Detroit, MI participated in all three tournaments of 1959. He placed 14th out of 28 in Albany, 16th out of 24 in Paramus, and 4th out of 36 in Dayton.
Therm Gibson of Detroit, MI participated in all three tournaments of 1959. He placed 14th out of 28 in Albany, 16th out of 24 in Paramus, and 4th out of 36 in Dayton.
Stan Gifford of Highland Park, IL participated in the Paramus tournament and placed 18th out of 24, and in the third tournament, held in Albany, where he placed 19th out of 36.
Billy Golembiewski of Detroit, MI participated in all three tournaments of the inaugural 1959 season. He placed 9th in Albany out of 28, 7th in Paramus out of 24, and 10th in Dayton out of 36.
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Tom Harnisch of Detroit, MI participated in the third tournament of 1959, held in Dayton, and placed 32nd out of 36.
Tom Harnisch of Detroit, MI participated in the third tournament of 1959, held in Dayton, and placed 32nd out of 36.
Tom Hennessey of St. Louis, MO participated in all three tournaments of the inaugural 1959 season. He placed 18th out of 28 in Albany, 6th out of 24 in Paramus, and 19th out of 36 in Dayton.
Clyde Hobbs of Cleveland, OH participated in the Dayton
Open, where he placed 23rd out of 36 bowlers.
Bud Hodgsin of Pomona, CA participated in the 2nd tournament, the Paramus
Eastern Open, and placed 21st out of 24 bowlers.
Dick Hoover of Akron, OH participated in all three tournaments. He placed 23rd out of 28 in the first, in Albany, 24th out of 24 in Paramus, and 11th out of 36 in Dayton.
George Howard of Detroit, MI.participated in the third and final tournament of 1959, the Dayton Open, placing 2nd out of 36 bowlers.
Woody Hulsey of St. Louis, MO participated in the first PBA tournament ever, held in Albany, NY, placing 26th out of 28 bowlers, and in the Paramus tournament, placing 23rd out of 24.
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Earl Johnson of Minneapolis, MN participated in the final bowling tournament of the 1959 season placing 35th out of 36 bowlers.
Earl Johnson of Minneapolis, MN participated in the final bowling tournament of the 1959 season placing 35th out of 36 bowlers.
Joe Joseph of Lansing, MI participated in all three tournaments. In the first tournament held in Albany he placed 21st out of 28. In Paramus he placed second out of 24, and in Dayton he placed 36th out of 36 bowlers.
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John King of Park Ridge, IL participated in the Empire State Open held in Albany and placed 22nd out of 28 bowlers.
John King of Park Ridge, IL participated in the Empire State Open held in Albany and placed 22nd out of 28 bowlers.
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Hank Lauman of Pico Rivers, CA participated in the first ever PBA tournament, the Empire State Open held in Albany, and placed 28th out of 28 bowlers
Bill Lillard of Dallas, TX placed 10th out of 28 bowlers in the Empire State Open held in Albany, and 9th out of 24 bowlers in the Paramus Open.
Hank Lauman of Pico Rivers, CA participated in the first ever PBA tournament, the Empire State Open held in Albany, and placed 28th out of 28 bowlers
Bill Lillard of Dallas, TX placed 10th out of 28 bowlers in the Empire State Open held in Albany, and 9th out of 24 bowlers in the Paramus Open.
Punk Limmer of Albany, NY participated in the first ever PBA tournament, the Empire State Open held in Albany, and placed 16th out of 28.
Tony Lindemann of Dallas, TX participated in the first ever PBA tournament, the Empire State Open held in Albany, and placed 17th out of 28
Ed Lubanski of Detroit, MI participated in all three tournaments in the PBA's inaugural tour season of 1959. In Albany he placed 2nd out of 28 bowlers, in Paramus 4th out of 24 bowlers, and in Dayton, 18th out of 36 bowlers.
Vincent Lucci of Morrisville, PA bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 12th out of 36 bowlers.
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Len Mal of Phoenix, AZ bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 33rd out of 36 participants.
Len Mal of Phoenix, AZ bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 33rd out of 36 participants.
Norman Meyers of Los Angeles, CA bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 24th out of 36 bowlers.
Monroe Moore of Pontiac, MI bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 28th out of 36 bowlers.
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Steve Nagy of Birmingham, MI bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 13th out of 36 bowlers.
Steve Nagy of Birmingham, MI bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 13th out of 36 bowlers.
John Nickell of Dayton, OH bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 7th out of 36 bowlers.
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Chuck O'Donnell of St. Louis, MO bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 22nd out of 36 bowlers.
Chuck O'Donnell of St. Louis, MO bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 22nd out of 36 bowlers.
Morrie Oppenheim of Chicago, IL bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 15th out of 36 participants
Joe Ostroski of Philadelphia, PA bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 20th out of 36 bowlers.
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Bill Pace of Kansas City, MO bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 16th out of 36 participants.
Bill Pace of Kansas City, MO bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 16th out of 36 participants.
Pat Patterson of St. Louis, MO bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 17th out of 36 bowlers.
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Carl Richard of Joplin, MO bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 30th out of 36 bowlers.
Carl Richard of Joplin, MO bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 30th out of 36 bowlers.
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Al Savas of Milwaukee, WI participated in the very first PBA tournament ever, held in Albany, in which he placed 13th out of 28 bowlers. He also bowled in the 2nd tournament, held in Paramus, where he placed 5th out of 24 bowlers.
Al Savas of Milwaukee, WI participated in the very first PBA tournament ever, held in Albany, in which he placed 13th out of 28 bowlers. He also bowled in the 2nd tournament, held in Paramus, where he placed 5th out of 24 bowlers.
Carmen Salvino of Chicago, IL bowled in all three 1959 tournaments. He placed 11th out of 28 bowlers in the tournament in Albany, 15th out of 24 in the tournament in Paramus, and 14th out of 36 in the tournament in Dayton.
Bud Schaibly of Chicago, IL participated in the very first PBA tournament ever, held in Albany, where he placed
24th out of 28.
Art Schreier bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 31st out of 36 bowlers.
Bob Strampe of Detroit, MI bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 6th out of 36 bowlers.
Harry Smith of Baltimore, MD bowled in the 2nd PBA tournament ever, the one held in Paramus
in which he placed 19th out of 24, and the one in Dayton where he placed 5th out of 36.
Tony Sparando of Rego Park, NY bowled in the 2nd PBA tournament, the Paramus Open, where he placed 22nd out of 24 bowlers.
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Willard Taylor of S. Charleston, WV bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 34th out of 36
Willard Taylor of S. Charleston, WV bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 34th out of 36
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Skip Vigars of Albany, NY bowled in the Paramus Open, placing 10th out of 24 bowlers.
Skip Vigars of Albany, NY bowled in the Paramus Open, placing 10th out of 24 bowlers.
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John Walther of Troy, NYowled in the Paramus Open, placing 17th out of 24 bowlers
John Walther of Troy, NYowled in the Paramus Open, placing 17th out of 24 bowlers
Ludy Villani of Niagara Falls, NY bowled in the very first PBA tournament, placing 27th oiut of 28 bowlers in the Empire State Open held in Albany.
Dick Weber of St. Louis, MO bowled in all three tournaments of the PBA's inaugural season in 1959. He placed 3rd in the very first tournament in Albany, and won both the Paramus Open and the Dayton Open.
Billy Welu of St. Louis, MO bowled in the Empire State Open, the inaugural PBA tournament, and placed 20th out of 28. He then placed 8th in the Paramus Open, out of 24 bowlers.
Charlie Wilkinson of Salinas, CA bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 26th out of 36 bowlers.
