Category Archives: The Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

THE BOWLING MEMOIRS OF JOHNNY PETRAGLIA

Bowling Legend Johnny Petraglia Talks About Chuck Gardner – A Man of Many Hats

Chuck is a big guy with a booming voice and an outgoing personality. When he [...]

27
Jan
Bowling Memoirs With Johnny Petraglia – Marshall Holman Has Always Been a “Good” Guy

Marshall has always been a good guy, but 40 years ago he would have flare [...]

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10
Jan
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – The Case Against Computer Language

At Brunswick when we have a problem with our computers we called this Managed IT [...]

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30
Nov
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – Sorry, We Don’t Stock Wine at This Bowling Center

I walked into bar. It was a very nice big bar. The gentleman behind the [...]

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26
Oct
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – The Superstar People Like Phil Villapiano Make Life Worth Living

In 1973 I was in the Superstars. Dave Davis and I represented Bowling. We were [...]

30
Sep
A Fun Story from My Time as President of the PBA – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

My tournament (Johnny Petraglia Open) ran for eleven years until the new group bought the [...]

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07
Sep
Petraglia Remembers Vietnam – Comments About a Recent Story in the Bowler’s Journal

In the August issue of Bowlers Journal there’s a story written about me. (Petraglia remembers [...]

01
Aug
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – God Bless John Forst

These past few weeks I had a good swing on the west coast. At the [...]

06
Jul
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – Sorry, We Don’t Stock Wine at This Bowling Center

I walked into bar. It was a very nice big bar. The gentleman behind the [...]

4 Comments

26
Oct
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – The Superstar People Like Phil Villapiano Make Life Worth Living

In 1973 I was in the Superstars. Dave Davis and I represented Bowling. We were [...]

30
Sep
A Fun Story from My Time as President of the PBA – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

My tournament (Johnny Petraglia Open) ran for eleven years until the new group bought the [...]

1 Comments

07
Sep
Petraglia Remembers Vietnam – Comments About a Recent Story in the Bowler’s Journal

In the August issue of Bowlers Journal there’s a story written about me. (Petraglia remembers [...]

01
Aug
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – God Bless John Forst

These past few weeks I had a good swing on the west coast. At the [...]

06
Jul
Raising Money for Our Troops Through Bowlers to Veterans Link – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

A couple of weeks ago we had the “Johnny Petraglia BVL Open.” Last year we [...]

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30
May
The Story of Skee Foremsky, His Humor & Bodyguard – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

Skee Foremsky was a great bowler. He won six PBA titles. He won the Showboat [...]

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02
May
Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – The Story of Richie Hornreich

I grew up with Richie Hornreich. Richie is one of the best action bowlers of [...]

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31
Mar
Thank You Johnny Petraglia – Salute!

Over the course of the last week — as some of you may or may [...]

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This Past Week We Lost Two of the Great Ones…. Mike McGrath and Bill Lillard

This past week we lost two of the great ones…. Mike McGrath and Bill Lillard, [...]

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Legend Johnny Petraglia Talks About Bowling Nicknames

When you are around long enough, most people get a nickname. In my case, I [...]

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Bowling Legend Johnny Petraglia Talks About The Annoyances of the PBA Stepladder Final Format

I've become more and more annoyed with the stepladder finals. When the PBA was formed [...]

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Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – How ‘Bout Them Cowboys Mark Williams?

One thing about Mark is he is one of the leading chop busters on the [...]

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Bowling Legend Johnny Petraglia Talks About Chuck Gardner – A Man of Many Hats

Chuck is a big guy with a booming voice and an outgoing personality. When he [...]

Bowling Memoirs With Johnny Petraglia – Marshall Holman Has Always Been a “Good” Guy

Marshall has always been a good guy, but 40 years ago he would have flare [...]

1 Comments

Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – The Case Against Computer Language

At Brunswick when we have a problem with our computers we called this Managed IT [...]

1 Comments

Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – Sorry, We Don’t Stock Wine at This Bowling Center

I walked into bar. It was a very nice big bar. The gentleman behind the [...]

4 Comments

Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – The Superstar People Like Phil Villapiano Make Life Worth Living

In 1973 I was in the Superstars. Dave Davis and I represented Bowling. We were [...]