Yesterday Don Carter would have been 86 years old....He passed away on January 5th, 2012...It's so good to see him bowling in his 30's again...Thanks for the memories...Marian Sperber (Don was my Brother-In-Law) we miss him very much...
I believe in the very early days of Pro Bowlers Tour (and remember, the first telecasts were in 1962, this very season), they would occasionally bowl on an even/odd "pair" so the overground ball returns wouldn't obscure the view of the cameras. Gotta figure the bowlers complained about it, since it required that they go retrieve their ball off the other ball return each time they began a new frame.
Thank you for posting this. It is great to see Don Carter through a whole game again. Heck, Joe Buck should take a listen to his Dad again. Jack makes bowling more exciting than any baseball game called by his son.
Former PBA Bowler Keith Little got that strike when the 6-pin became a messenger to the 4-pin in the 1962 PBA Houston Open on ABC's Professional Bowlers Tour history
Dig the "a" logo at the start of this clip (which ABC would dump later that year, replacing it with the logo they have used since. I believe this was the first year ABC carried the entire PBA Winter/Spring tour, after having covered the finals of a major PBA tournament in the Spring of 1961 on one of the first broadcasts of "Wide World Of Sports". The success of that broadcast led to a 35-year relationship between the network and the PBA with Schneckel calling the matches all the way.
The PBA your was the longest running spinoffs of Wide World of Sports, the American Sportman was second after Wide World carried a rattlesnake hunt, then the Superstars which was Pro Athleles in Olympic style events. NBC carried the spring tour with Jay Rudolph, and Earl Anthony for a few years later on.
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This show was aired on ABC Saturday, March 24, 1962.
Yesterday Don Carter would have been 86 years old....He passed away on January 5th, 2012...It's so good to see him bowling in his 30's again...Thanks for the memories...Marian Sperber (Don was my Brother-In-Law) we miss him very much...
Don Carter was my favorite bowler when I was a kid.Such a unique style.Thanks for this.Been many years since I have watched him.
Commentators:
Chris Schenkel & Jack Buck
$5000 was a year's salary back then. I'm surprised the money was that good in the PBA
Is that six pin the first PBA messenger?
Don will be sorely missed. Thank you for this great upload
I believe in the very early days of Pro Bowlers Tour (and remember, the first telecasts were in 1962, this very season), they would occasionally bowl on an even/odd "pair" so the overground ball returns wouldn't obscure the view of the cameras. Gotta figure the bowlers complained about it, since it required that they go retrieve their ball off the other ball return each time they began a new frame.
So Lennie Briscoe began as a bowler 🤔
Don Carter...THE BEST EVER! I loved the late, great Earl Anthony, but Carter wasn't called 'Mr. Bowling' for nothing.
I've checked his wiki page and other sources, none say how many perfect games Carter rolled. Does anyone know ?
Thank you for posting this. It is great to see Don Carter through a whole game again.
Heck, Joe Buck should take a listen to his Dad again. Jack makes bowling more exciting than any baseball game called by his son.
Former PBA Bowler Keith Little got that strike when the 6-pin became a messenger to the 4-pin in the 1962 PBA Houston Open on ABC's Professional Bowlers Tour history
6:37 Holy crap! You didn't see that every day back then!
Why are they bowling on 14 and 15 and not on a pair of lanes???
3:00...you can see the cloud of smoke hanging over the audience..i smoke myself but i do not miss those days when you could smoke in establishments
Half the reason people bowled was to sit and drink and smoke for a few hours.
The backswing doesn't do due diligence I know. But is it just me, or does this look like an early version of Wes Malott?
Back when no one ever had a lot of spin or speed.
The days of lacquer finish and hard rubber bowling balls. You played an inside line with little hook.
Things change, people change, bowling balls, they definitely change. Yer balls today, they just ain't what they use to be. Ya know?
Oh, I think I get it!
Lanes 14 and 15? Bizarre.
rivierarick I'm thinking a lane problem? When Stefanich shot 300, it was on two pairs
Dig the "a" logo at the start of this clip (which ABC would dump later that year, replacing it with the logo they have used since.
I believe this was the first year ABC carried the entire PBA Winter/Spring tour, after having covered the finals of a major PBA tournament in the Spring of 1961 on one of the first broadcasts of "Wide World Of Sports". The success of that broadcast led to a 35-year relationship between the network and the PBA with Schneckel calling the matches all the way.
The PBA your was the longest running spinoffs of Wide World of Sports, the American Sportman was second after Wide World carried a rattlesnake hunt, then the Superstars which was Pro Athleles in Olympic style events.
NBC carried the spring tour with Jay Rudolph, and Earl Anthony for a few years later on.
How in the flying fuck do people notice shit like this?
Whats up, jack ass?