Mark Roth

MARK ROTH Mark Roth PBA match game videos on YouTube Mark being interviewed on the radio by The Phantom Sport: Bowling Inducted: 1992 Country: United States Born: April 10, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York

Mark Roth is acknowledged by his peers as the father of modern tenpin bowling. The hard-throwing, hard-cranking style that won him election to the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Hall of Fame in April 1987, the first year he was eligible, has brought about significant changes in the nature of alley bowling. From his first PBA title in 1975 (King Louie Open) to his last major tournament victory in 1987 (Great Buffalo Open), Roth captured 34 PBA championships. His most remarkable years were 1975 to 1979, when he captured 22 titles, including a record eight in 1978. He has received the PBA Player of the Year honor four times—1977, 1978, 1979, and 1984—and is recipient of numerous other tenpin awards and titles. His 215-plus average over 8,000 games (dating back to 1976) is the best longterm pace in PBA history. Roth won the George Young Memorial High Average Award a record five times (three of four years between 1976 and 1979, 1981, and 1988), and his 221.6 pace during the 1979 season is a PBA one-year-average record. In 1984, Roth's career earnings elevated him to the PBA's Millionaire's Club, joining legendary Earl Anthony as the association's second professional to reach that exclusive winners plateau. Mark Roth Year Inducted: 1987 Induction Category: Performance Roth, originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., attacked the Tour with a cranking, hard-throwing style which created a generation of imitators now prevalent throughout the sport. Never one to rest on his laurels, Roth not only surpassed the great Earl Anthony's all-time PBA earnings record on the 1987 Fall Tour, but also added his 33rd PBA title in the Greater Buffalo Open and won the No. 1 PBA invitational in Toronto. Great achievements are nothing new as Roth won PBA Player of the Year honors in 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1984. He led the Tour in average in six different seasons, including a then-record 221.699 in '79. Another of his records is the eight titles he won in 1978, which he followed with seven titles in 1979. Finished his career with 34 Tour titles and $1,619,136 in earnings. QUICK STATS: HomeTown: Wall Township, NJ Bowls: Right Handed Joined PBA: 1970 DOB: 4/10/1951