2024 Hall of Fame Inductee
GLENN ALLISON
Glenn Allison was born in Whittier, Calif., in 1930. He bowled his first USBC Open Championship as a 16 year old, when the traveling event came to Los Angeles in 1947. This year Glenn participated in his 72nd national tournament, a record.
Allison is a four time champion at the USBC event, winning the Classic Doubles (with partner Dick Hoover) in 1962, the Classic Team Event (Falstaff Beer) in 1964, the Classic Team Event (Ace Mitchell Shur-Hooks) in 1966, and the Classic Singles in 1970. Glenn has five PBA Tour titles to his credit, as well as one title on the PBA50 circuit.
But Allison is most remembered for rolling a perfect 900 three game series on July 1, 1982, at La Habra 300 Bowl in Southern California. The score was never sanctioned because of the rules that existed regarding the application of oil upon a lane in those days.
Just six years later the rules were changed under the Limited Distance Dressing procedure. It’s ironic that there are now 40 sanctioned 900 series (at last count), but one of the only perfect series that is still not included is Allison’s score. His series was bowled on wooden lanes, using a plastic bowling ball and a conventional grip.
PBA Tour Titles
1962 – PBA Memphis Open, Memphis, TN
1962 – Salt Lake PBA Open, Salt Lake City, UT
1963 – Coca-Cola Tournament of the Stars, Midwest City, OK
1964 – Tucson PBA Open, Tucson, AZ
1964 – Oxnard PBA Open, Oxnard, CA
PBA Senior Tour Titles
1986 – PBA Kessler Senior Championship, Canton OH
Award was presented at the CUSBC Awards Dinner on June 1, 2024 at the Holiday Inn Ontario Airport Hotel.