Earl Anthony was my favorite pro bowler when I was a kid. He had ice water in his veins, just stayed cool even when things were going against him. About a month after he died, I went bowling and rolled a 220 in the first game - I dedicated that one to his memory.

@jeffreygulledge2599

Жыл бұрын

❤❤

@jeffreygulledge2599

Жыл бұрын

35yrs.

@jeffreygulledge2599

Жыл бұрын

To bad he was alcoholic. Fell down broke neck

@tarap9924

Ай бұрын

Earl Anthony is one of the best bowlers ever. My favorite is Earl I remember him when I was watching this with my dad

Earl Anthony in my personal humble opinion is the Babe Ruth of PBA Pro Bowling. RIP. You are indeed missed but never forgotten. Favourite PBA Pro Bowler along with Nelson Burton Jr.

loved the saturday pba watching this and earl anthony

Watching Earl bowl is really a treat. Next to David Weber, he was one of the greatest technical bowlers ever. A pure stroker.

@leonardhandzlik6008

Жыл бұрын

Dick Weber, of course. He was my early favorite too. Earl was a bit better IMHO.

@zoner__

Жыл бұрын

@@leonardhandzlik6008 Earl made it look so effortless. Like he was throwing dice at the crap table. I had a AMF booklet with Earl, Dick and a few other's autographs in it and lost it.

@johngates450

Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@lanceschaina3084

Жыл бұрын

For about 10 years, before his knees gave out, Don Carter was super human. The best ever...until Earl Anthony. But for a single year, it's hard to beat...Billy Hardwick Jr. in 1969. Walter Ray Williams was awesome, but he benefitted from the decline in ability among bowlers that began in the 2000s.

@RunKdb

Жыл бұрын

David Weber? Did you mean Dick Weber? Don Johnson was great to watch also with his 299 game. Not sure if Philip Michael Thomas was a bowler though? Oops, got him mixed up with another Don Johnson.

Mark Roth had a violent back swing and Earls was smooth and easy and two of the greatest ever.

Earl was so amazing; so dominant for years but also so gracious. If this recording continued, Earl hugged the proprietor & proclaimed her to be the class act of the bowling business... even though Earl coowned a California center. Earl was the class act!!

@irishpogi

10 жыл бұрын

I used to have the original telecast on VHS. The ESPN classic version chopped off that ending you made references to. The senior tour bowlers loved Janet Buehler, the proprietor of this center because she treated them really well. Hall of Fame Lanes hosted the Senior Championship event from its inaugural event in the early 1980's-1990. After that, this tournament moved to M 66 Bowl in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1991, Thruway Lanes in Upstate, NY in 1992, and in various centers in Florida thereafter. I read that Janet passed away.

Pure poetry, pure style and pure class.

Earl. Smooth As Silk What A Pro Bowler. Loved Him A Favorite Rip

Earl Anthony "THE GOAT" in my opinion. The man was a silky smooth machine. He is greatly missed.

I’m a lefty, and loved watching him, back in the day!!

Earl was a great bowler, he went before his time.

Earl was and still is the best bowler to ever be on the Lanes. Even chatting w Marshall Holman online he told ne he both has bowled against Walter Ray and Earl. He told me he gives the nod to Earl being the greatest. I remember watching the PBA Tour growing up as a child. Bowling always meant a great deal to me and my kids. Spent many years watching my kids bowl and instructing. Looking back my goal was to get that " Perfect Game" ..I got 2 of them and was propelled by watching these greats bowl! I did win a tournament over 3 week period made cover of local bowler flyer...These Bowlers had the calmness and the respect of the fans. .. Do I put on the PBA Tour now yes I do tho I don't watch it religiously. Fond memories growing up.

Earl Anthony was the working mans hero, me and my dad watched every weekend.Miss him sooooo much.

Earl Anthony AKA The Machine.Hell of a spare shooter

earl was so fluid, on every shot. his shots were a carbon copy from the last.

@mikegriffith4018

3 жыл бұрын

Only ive ever seen do that is walter ray. Repet of shot after shot

Earl Anthony was the best lefty around.

Earl was smooth

Earl Anthony was the Smoothest and best bowler in the history of the game!

He did show some emotion about 6 minutes in when his shot went right of target. If this was Holman the foul light would have been gone.

Best male bowler of all time!

@jalphonso2

4 жыл бұрын

@@joeambrose3260 No offense to the women but...…...lol lol

@drummachine434

Жыл бұрын

Best bowler of all time period

The GOAT

People point out about the "left advantage" , however Earl often was a top qualifier when no other lefty was in the Top 24 . Truly a once in a lifetime talent!

@chevybowl1527

4 жыл бұрын

Talented and not flashy!!! Bowled against others who had a lot more power but he just had the best mental game!!! Don't get me wrong, he bowled against some of the all time greats we've seen and still had the class and respect from everyone.

@user-km2br8uc8d

4 ай бұрын

The lefty advantage is a myth. Very rarely is the shot going to favor the left. He was just that good.

Earl Anthony was a cool as the summer morning grass.

Excellent Bowler threw a great ball R.I.P Earl Anthony ☦️☦️☦️

I'm looking at that graphic that says he made only slightly less than 1.4 million in 20 years. With Tournament entry fees traveling with wife, home expenses etc. I can't believe that he didn't make more than 1.4 million that seems like a total disgrace for tournament payouts from 1970s to 1990 . there's no way in hell that he was living up a luxury life on 70,000 per year minus taxes and expenses. Earl obviously Did It For the Love of the Game and for that I congratulate him as very few athletes today Do Anything For the Love of the Game.

@lawrence9806

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, inflation was muchh lower back then.

@James-Noris

5 ай бұрын

But the huge majority, about 1.1, was between 71 and 83, do he did just fine. And that's not including appearance fees and endorsements.

@user-km2br8uc8d

4 ай бұрын

Exactly....@@lawrence9806

Earl Anthony that is

Used to watch earl and dick Weber on the ABC’s wide world of sports with my dad on Saturday afternoons. Those were the good old days. RIP Jim Ridout, Earl, And Dick.

Earl became the ball.

IMO he’s the GOAT

Irishpogi, Which bowling videos from the Pba, Lpbt, and the Pba Senior Tours are you planning to post or repost on youtube?

Earl's hair is fucking immense

Yes Earl Anthony wind oh yeah good job.

Earl Anthony, reminded me of Tom Landry. Both so cool and I always respected both of them. After that fall off the roof he was never the same,like Simplot falling in his chair at the Fiesta bowl.

Fave bowler... Legend.

There's only one who can be the best. You just watched it,

Muscle memory is a great thing like Earl said. I started bowling at around 9 years old on an instructional league at Blue Crystal lanes on Bank st about a half mile from my house that was on poplar Pl off Stockbridge rd in Kalamazoo MI. Stockbridge rd crossed Bank St where Blue Crystal lanes bowling ally was. I was born on 6-19-1958 so when I was 9 yrs old it was 1967 in the summer on a summer league. I have always been in top physical condition even today 9-29-21. I enjoy bowling 30 games within 3 hours for the workout & to keep in shape. I'm like Earl said muscle memory. my high game is a 299. I KNOW I need to practice a lot more to get 300 games more often I hope oh wait at lest once any how heheheHA! I have bowled 33 games within 3 hours of Glow Ball that my highest amount of games within 3 hours. I have bowled 150 straight non stop games. I know of a few good bowlers in Kalamazoo MI: Charly Tapp, wes Gibson/dr hook & the guy with the most 300's in Kalamazoo & the surrounding area Dean Cardella he bowled a 300 when his team bowled my team at Hapo's lanes its the first live 300 I ever saw bowled oh yeah Randy Rawlson & his son Adam. Adam & Dave Clinginpeel bowled on my summer league or I mean we bowled on Clinginpeels team hes a 230 or 240 avg bowler. any how I like to bowl at continental lanes in the summer because all open bowling is FREE so in the summer I bowl 30 games daily I am 63 years old & enjoy it. I was sorry to hear Dr Hook died of lug cancer about 3 years ago, DAM! he use to drill my bowling balls I had 63 balls at that time then I sold them all & this year 2021 I did really good in the stock market & bought 30 new bowling balls heheheha! & got back into bowling again after a long streak of not bowling from 2007 to April of this year 2021. I am so glad Im still in top physicals condition even today 9-29-21 YEAH! I've had the front 8 so far, the back 7, back 5 a couple times with a high game of 249 on leauge & a high game of 256 on open. I probably bowled a thousand games this summer. when you bowl 30 games like that its your legs that you feel the most. I never feel it in my arms or hands, its your legs & I went 20 miles EVERY day on my peddle bike since 2014 because that's all I had & I slept outside every single day in a sleeping bag before I bought my truck on March 6th this year 2021. I slept outside & had to get up at 2am 7 days a week to go 2 miles to FedEx until I retired on 10-17-20. I'm am retired now & for the rest of my life. if you need a bowler: right now I'm about a 160 avg bowler. I bowled 570 this TU so it will go up a little. before I stopped bowling in 2007 I was a 180 to 190 bowler. if you need a bowler I can bowl any day or time I'm retired just let me know when & were. I live in my truck it wired with everything I need to live. its a 2002, Ford with a V10, black 4 wheel drive with 8' bed that has a box on the back with a door in the back. I'm 150lbs & 5'3.75 tall so I made the box on the 8' bed of my truck 5'5" tall so I can stand up & walk around without touching the ceiling . its nice with a 35 gallon gas tank. let me know when & were I'll come bowl. I made some nice money in the stock market the most I ever made in one year of working EVER by the end of April this year 2021 YEAH! let me know when & were to bowl on a team FULL time only I don't do subbing! I ONLY do every week league bowling. I will be there EVERY week with the cash! I DO NOT MISS days or nights. just respond to this comment thanks oh another guy I know because he use to bowl right next to me during the summer this year is Tom Youngblood in Kalamazoo MI. I think he said hes like 56 years old & wants to bowl on the senior tour. I'm a vary YOUNG 63 & in shape! my Name is Dann Watts I graduated a couple years ago in 1977 from Loy Norrix on Kilgore rd that was the HAPPEST day of my life getting out of school but then since I got paid to go I went to KVCC for 2.5 more years. school aint that bad when your paid to go.

@jesse75

4 ай бұрын

Muscle memory ? I bowled and worked at a bowling alley in 1975 and 1976. Then till last summer, July 2023, joined two leagues. It's amazing I still had it after all these years. Qualified to bowl in the senior tournament in Vegas 2024.

Was Earl a full time Senior Tour competitor? I know he was doing commentary at the time; first with Jay Randolph on NBC from 84-91; then with Mike Durbin on ESPN from 92-97.

@irishpogi

2 жыл бұрын

In 1990, the senior tour only had 8 events. If I recall correctly, this was the final senior tour event for the year and it took place in August. Earl retired from senior tour events in the summer of 1991.

@peterrukavena4955

4 ай бұрын

He bowled in 6 of the 8 Tournaments in 1990 skipping 2 because they only paid $5K to win. He won 3 of the 6 which was the most of any player, was the leading money winner and had the highest average yet LOST player of the year to the guy you see him beating here, got completely shafted

Thx

I'm proud to be a lefty, but I only carry a 215, I do have a 300 tho

@richelliott9320

5 ай бұрын

Only a 215?

@scottrackley4457

5 ай бұрын

@@richelliott9320 I'm old, have to use a lighter ball now.

@user-km2br8uc8d

4 ай бұрын

A few pros have actually dropped down to 14lbs.Bill Oneill comes to mind. So dont feel bad...haha!@@scottrackley4457

Any idea what ball Earl was using?

@irishpogi

4 жыл бұрын

The Ebonite Black Turbo

@zacknewman300

4 жыл бұрын

That’s what I was going to ask. It reacted like resin but I knew it wasn’t in 1990.

Does anyone know how Earl felt about the reactive resin balls when they first came out?

@irishpogi

7 жыл бұрын

I remember Earl and Mike Durbin compared the resin balls to the aluminium bats used in baseball

@fiddlefaddle1

7 жыл бұрын

I loved watch Earl bowl and I honestly think that I have seen every televised match and I am confused about one thing. I have read articles saying that Earl was very versatile and always figured out how to play the lane but, I have never seen Earl play anything but second arrow on the left with a medium hook, usually laying the ball down close to the foul line. I've never seen him bowl to the inside with a bigger hook. Is it because the lanes back then were usually lacquer all the way down?

@NYDanno85

7 жыл бұрын

Probably a product of the lanes and the equipment he had at his disposal. There was a telecast (Cleveland, 1979) where the right-handers were playing between the fourth and fifth arrows. Earl's line was in between the third and fourth arrows.

@irishpogi

5 жыл бұрын

Earl won in Alameda back in 1982 playing inside

@defiledhorror

4 жыл бұрын

There are some shows on KZread where Earl is playing the 4th arrow. Dig around and you’ll see why he was the greatest.

Graceful on the lanes, a staircase was a different story.

I just realized that Earl's quick start in his approach somewhat resembles that of the late Joe Joseph. Earl wasted no time. He was always ready, confident, and knew exactly what to do.

@user-km2br8uc8d

4 ай бұрын

Funny, Walter Ray is similar. Two pros who know what they're doing before they even started their approach.

Not only was Earl the greatest bowler of all time, but he was also a scratch golfer. It's a shame he passed away after that fall down a flight of stairs. He was way too young.

Sooooo smooth

Whoa, that go to hurt! (George Costanza).

Yes definitely Herky jerky the other player . Girl Anthony you’re the best in the south east north and west amen.

Compared to today, it's like they are bowling in slow motion.

Irishpogi..how many videos you have left? Men and women

@irishpogi

10 жыл бұрын

A lot! I also have a few reposts to perform as well. Since the website now allows longer videos, I may take down my older videos and re-post them in the form of whole telecasts.

@jaymazzarella2117

10 жыл бұрын

Cool!!! Im sure all the pros appreciate you posting the vids!

@irishpogi

10 жыл бұрын

Some are, some have no idea

@jaymazzarella2117

10 жыл бұрын

A lot of the pwba 2000 season is not on youtube..just a couple..I just noticed it.

@beatlesfantoo

4 жыл бұрын

Do you have any videos with Carol Norman? She was part of our group when we started bowling in the 70's. I have found a couple of videos but would like to see more. I have 2 of her bowling balls and one I use often in league.

Hricsina's as fluid as a chunk of wood.

@user-km2br8uc8d

4 ай бұрын

He's all upper body strength...nothing wrong with that!

My dad bowled in a Tournament next to Anthony. He said he was a show boat and a jerk. Maybe off camera, but I don't see anything on camera that would lead me to that conclusion. I've seen my dad act unprofessional when he bowled.

@user-km2br8uc8d

4 ай бұрын

Well,not to speak bad,but perhaps he was simply jealous. Who wouldnt be?

@jesse75

4 ай бұрын

@@user-km2br8uc8d my dad was jealous. He was jealous of Audie Murphy too. But that's another story.

Smoooooth

bowling against GOD

Pins didn’t carry like they do now that’s for sure

5:43 Nudge from the Nose Earl

John is too wild.

@jesse75

Жыл бұрын

Throughs a weird ball. But if you notice. People that have bad habits contrary to established form, can still make it work. But I certainly wouldn't teach someone to bowl like that.

@user-km2br8uc8d

4 ай бұрын

He kinda has a voodoo roll on the ball,but he's a very good player.

When did ESPN stop telecasting bowling, growing up it was my favorite show on Saturday,now they show cricket, really,I wouldn't watch a cricket match if it played across the street.I live in Lawrence Massachusetts,and they had a great bowling alley called Stadium Lanes,with a bar and every Saturday morning my brother and friends would bowl on Saturday morning,5 dollars for 3 strings and buck for shoes,to go bowling now, you have to rob a bank,I did fine out years later the owners were offered a great deal of money,was originally turn into Movie theater,and now there's like 6 different stores,bowling is a great way to meet friends and have a fun time, wish ESPN would bring it back, cricket really,

@user-km2br8uc8d

4 ай бұрын

Any sport named after a bug....is not a game. Ok,Im just kidding, so none you cricket experts get all bent.

Earl Anthony looks a lot like Bob Lazar or does Bob Lazar look a lot like Earl Anthony

@user-km2br8uc8d

4 ай бұрын

Haha! Welllll,I dont see it but.....))

both Earl Anthony and John Hricsina bowled against each other in the same tournament in 1988

Mark Roth changed the game,,,is the babe Ruth of bowling period. Every bowler tried to copy Roth and his style and the patterns today and balls are due to his greatness with a plastic ball with crappy lane conditions. Earl was great but did not change the game or influence people like Roth and his power

@markbarnfield8680

2 жыл бұрын

You are right, I loved watching Mark Roth, he was an animal, but Earl was to me simply the greatest and has the stat to prove it!

@BluesDeville

Жыл бұрын

I love Roth. Bowled a pro-am with him when I was a kid. Greatest cranker ever. But, Earl will always be the GOAT to me. He proved throughout his career that you didn't need to crank a ball to 9000 rpms to routinely put ten in the pit and win a massive amount of titles. Just smoothly send it down over the second arrow and in on the back end. Earl didn't even start his pro career until he was in his 30's...and still won a massive 43 titles in just 14 years. Can't imagine how many he'd have won if he started as young as these kids do now.

@user-km2br8uc8d

4 ай бұрын

Maybe, but Earl had twice the mental game that Roth had.

At the very end it appears that Hricsina purposely ignored Anthony's attempt to shake hands (no eye contact), and pulled away without acknowledging him at all. Seems very unprofessional. Was there bad blood between the two of them?

@alexramsay7283

7 жыл бұрын

They had already shaken hands when Hricsina got up to bowl his last frame. I think Hrcsina was just stepping aside at the end while Earl waited to be interviewed.

@stevenanderson4197

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Pingel Has

@jdstox1

Жыл бұрын

noticed the same thing.....dont know if there was anything to it.....but looked odd

Back when finesse was there, not just throw it hard and crank it. Much better.

I carry a 280 average and have 5256 300s

@user-km2br8uc8d

4 ай бұрын

Haha! An HBP....House Bowler Pro.