Joe Norris 2001 Deaths

Joe Norris

organized the first American Bowling Congress "beer team" in 1933, which prompted the sport's most prolific bowling league and put Detroit at the center of the bowling map; captained the brewery-sponsored team that won the 1934 ABC title; nicknamed "Boy Wonder of Bowling"; bowled with a legendary team of American bowlers in an exhibition before the 1936 Berlin Games; in 1994, at age 86, became the oldest bowler in ABC history to roll a perfect 300 game, a record that has since been broken; was scheduled to play in a record 72nd ABC Champions Tournament in March. He died of pneumonia.