1969 PBA Tour season

PBA Bowling Tour: 1969 Season
LeagueProfessional Bowlers Association
SportTen-pin bowling
DurationJanuary 7 – December 18, 1969
PBA Tour
Season MVPBilly Hardwick
PBA Tour seasons

This is a recap of the 1969 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 11th season, and consisted of 35 events. Billy Hardwick won six titles on the 1969 Tour (also adding a seventh in the BPAA All-Star, which was not part of the Tour at the time), and won the Sporting News PBA Player of the Year award.[1] Mike McGrath won the PBA National Championship,[2] while Jim Godman took the title in the Firestone Tournament of Champions.[3]

Johnny Guenther rolled the PBA's second-ever televised 300 game in a semi-final match at the San Jose Open on February 1, 1969, before going on to win the tournament.[4]

  1. ^ "Dr. Jake's Bowling History Blog".
  2. ^ "Mike McGrath". mcubed.net.
  3. ^ "Jim Godman". mcubed.net.
  4. ^ "San Jose Open - Archived Standings". PBA. January 17, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2012.