| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Delmas Perry Ballard Jr. | ||||||||||||||
| Born | July 1, 1963 Keller, Texas, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | North Richland Hills, Texas, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1982-2007 (competition) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Ten-pin bowling | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | 13 PBA Tour (4 majors) 17 PBA Regional Tour | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
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]
- ^ a b Del Ballard Jr.. pba.com
- ^ World Senior Championships 2013 – Men Team of Four[permanent dead link]
- ^ World Senior Championships 2013 – Men Doubles
- ^ Vint, Bill. "PBA Stars Ballard, Webb, Richgels Inducted into United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame." Article at www.pba.com on July 2, 2011. [1] Archived November 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Storm Athletes - Del Ballard". stormbowling.com. Retrieved April 29, 2021.