Joe Wilman

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Joe Wilman
Born:	1905-12-20
Died:	1969-10-22 at Berwyn, IL (US)

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Joe Wilman was a professional player.

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Outside of baseball

• Won a national match game bowling tournament conducted by the Chicago Daily Tribune in 1945^[1].
• Was the 1946 Bowling Writers Association of America's "Bowler of the Year"^[2].
• Elected to the ABC Hall of Fame in 1951.^[3]
• Elected to the Chicagoland USBC Association Hall of Fame in 2009^[4].

Sources

• "Joe Wilman Shows His Heels in Defense of Bowling Crown", pg 9. The Milwaukee Journal, 1946-12-03.
• http://www.actionbowlers.com/abc.htm, retrieved on 2010-04-01.
• http://bowlinghistory.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/joe-wilman-1942/, retrieved on 2010-04-01.

Footnotes

1. ↑ "Caught on the Fly", pg 18. The Sporting News, 1945-12-20.
2. ↑ http://www.bowlingwriters.com/Awards/BowlersoftheYear.aspx, retrieved on 2010-04-01.
3. ↑ "Joe Wilman is Named to ABC's Hall of Fame", pg 7. The Milwaukee Journal, 1951-04-22.
4. ↑ http://www.chicagobowling.com/halloffame.html, retrieved on 201-04-01.