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 [...]

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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
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
The Eccentric Mark Roth – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

Okay, I think it’s time I wrote something about Mark Roth. Actually, I could write [...]

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Winning Team Gold at the World Championships

I recently had the honor of representing the USA in the World Championships. It was [...]

The Legend of Bert Goodman – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

When I first got into league bowling, the big leagues in my area were the [...]

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Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – Saturday Afternoon Pot Bowling in 1963

When I was 16 there were great pot games at my home lanes. About 30 [...]

Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – Remembering the Great John Hriscina

On July 20th, 2015 we lost John Hriscina. John was the Senior PBA Bowler of [...]

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Bowlers Golfing for High Stakes – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

I know this is supposed to be a bowling blog, but this time I’m going [...]

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Bowling in the 2020 Olympics – Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia

Two thoughts this time.. First, we are on the verge of getting into the Olympics. [...]

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Bowling Memoirs of Johnny Petraglia – Flashback to the mid 70’s for the King Louie Open

At this year’s Senior U.S.Open, I ran into Matt Surina. He doesn’t bowl much anymore, [...]

Sometimes Even When Something Isn’t Fun It Can Turn Out to Be Funny – Bowling Memoirs by Johnny Petraglia

Brunswick used to sponsor the Mini-Eliminator in Las Vegas. Every entrant got a bowling ball [...]

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Bowling Memoirs by Johnny Petraglia – Only in America

This past week we had the first “Johnny Petraglia BVL Open.” It was a huge [...]

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