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Birth name | Delmas Perry Ballard Jr. | ||||||||||||||
Born | Keller, Texas, U.S.[1] | July 1, 1963||||||||||||||
Home town | North Richland Hills, Texas, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||||||
Years active | 1982-2007 (competition) | ||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Ten-pin bowling | ||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
National finals | 13 PBA Tour (4 majors) 17 PBA Regional Tour | ||||||||||||||
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Delmas Perry "Del" Ballard Jr. (born July 1, 1963) is a professional ten-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association. He was a 2009 inductee into the PBA Hall of Fame, and a 2011 inductee into the USBC Hall of Fame.[4] Ballard is the husband of top female bowler Carolyn Dorin-Ballard with whom he has one daughter. The Ballard family now resides in North Richland Hills, Texas. He is also the brother-in-law of another top female bowler, Cathy Dorin-Lizzi.
In recent years, Ballard has appeared laneside in several televised PBA matches, as a ball representative and coach for Storm Bowling.[5]