Among other things, I was into bowling quite seriously as a teenager (numerous 300 and 299 games - first perfect game at age 14, two classic league averages of 238 and 227 with a high 3 game series of 758) and bowled against the likes of Dick Weber, Don Carter and Ray Bluth at age 16 as different beer-sponsored professional teams toured the country and went up against a team of local bowlers selected from various classic leagues based on cumulative averages.
One of my keepsakes from that period is a 1956 PBA program autographed by Don Carter, Andy Varipappa, Lou Campi, Dick Weber, Paul Peterson, Harry Smith, Billy Welu, Frank Esposito and some others whose names escape me at the moment.
I have never thought about the potential value of the program but it must be worth something with all the early signatures of future HOF's, including Carter and Weber both of whom were my bowling idols.
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