burge bob

 

AT THE TIME OF INDUCTION ON MAY 16, 2009 -- Class of 2009...

SUMMARY

Bob is a student of the game and an excellent bowler. He is the only Kokomo bowler to have received recognition in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd column because of his achievement of rolling three 300’s and an 800 series within three weeks in October and November of 1999. In fact, from March 1999 through February 2000, less than one calendar year, Bob rolled 5 perfect games.

CAREER HIGHS

Game - 300 — 6

Series - 824

Average - 219


MAJOR BOWLING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • He has shot at least 50 series of 700 including 788, 785, and 757
  • He has also bowled a 299 game
  • He has averaged over 200 since the 1994-95 season
  • Other Achievement Awards include an 11-In-A-Row Award, 150 Over Series, and a 7-10 Split Award
  • City Championships
    • 2009 Team Classic Scratch Category with the PAL Coaches team (Mark Mathews, Don Price, Matt Wallace, and Hall of Fame member Floyd Russell)
    • 2009 Doubles Classic Scratch with Hall of Fame Inductee Ron Harding with a 1466 score.
    • 2007 Singles Actual with 736
    • 2003 All Events Actual with 1788
    • 2002 Division 2 Team Actual (2768) with Team 3500 (3364) and Handicap, 694 for Bob
    • 2002 Team Handicap with Old Time R & R (3081), Bob had 546
    • 1999 Team Actual (3297) with To The Max
    • 1998 Team Actual (3327) with To The Max and Handicap, 683 for Bob
    • 1996 Team Actual (3180) with the Gutter Kings
    • 1986 Doubles Actual (1322) and Handicap with Cory Carter
  • ABC TournamentBob scored a 278 game and 665 series in the Singles Event at the 2006 USBC National Championship Tournament in Corpus Christi, Texas.