17 Facts About Dick Weber

Richard Anthony Weber was an American professional bowler and founding member of the Professional Bowlers Association.

Dick Weber was the first player in history to earn 30 PBA Tour titles, a level reached by only seven other players since.

Dick Weber made his first bowling headlines during the early 1950s, while working as a mailman in his native Indianapolis.

Dick Weber himself rolled games of 258,258 and 259 on the record-setting day for a 775 series.

Dick Weber captured his first PBA title in the second tournament of the inaugural 1959 season, and won three of the PBA's first four tournaments.

Dick Weber went on to win 10 of the first 23 PBA tournaments, including winning seven titles in the 13-event 1961 PBA season.

Dick Weber won this tournament four times in a five-year span.

Dick Weber was twice runner-up in the Firestone Tournament of Champions.

Dick Weber earned his final PBA Tour title at age 47 in the 1977 King Louie Open.

Dick Weber went on to capture six PBA Senior Tour events, amassing a total of 36 PBA titles in both categories.

Dick Weber was PBA Player of the Year in 1965, and earned BPAA National Bowler of the Year honors three times.

Dick Weber enjoyed a decades-long sponsorship agreement with AMF bowling.

Dick Weber was known as a tireless ambassador of his sport, and rarely passed up an opportunity to promote it.

Dick Weber appeared several times on Late Show with David Letterman.

Dick Weber showed no prior sign of ill-health but experienced serious breathing problems that evening and paramedics were unable to revive him.

Dick Weber was survived by his wife Juanita, one daughter, and three sons including the aforementioned Pete, a successful professional bowler, and Richard "John" Weber Jr.

The Weber Cup, named after Dick, is a Ryder Cup-style event that pits European and American ten-pin bowlers against one another.