Marshall Holman was born on September 29,1954 and is an American sports broadcaster and retired professional ten-pin bowler.
20 Facts About Marshall Holman
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Marshall Holman was known for his flamboyant, fiery demeanor and his success on the PBA Tour from the mid-1970s to the end of the 1980s.
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Marshall Holman is one of only 17 players in history to reach at least 20 career PBA Tour titles.
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The first bowler on the PBA Tour to surpass $1.5 million in earnings, Holman won 22 titles, including four majors.
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Marshall Holman became the youngest winner in the Tournament of Champions, topping the field in the 1976 event when he was just 21 years old.
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Marshall Holman would hold this record all the way up until 2016, when Jesper Svensson won that year's Tournament of Champions as a 20-year-old.
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In 1979, Marshall Holman became the youngest bowler in history to reach ten career PBA Tour titles.
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One of the reasons Marshall Holman did not win any titles in 1980 was an incident at a tournament that June, when he kicked the foul light on his lane out of frustration with his game, netting him a $2500 fine and a 10-tournament suspension.
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Marshall Holman was named PBA Player of the Year in 1987, despite not winning a title.
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Marshall Holman was a three-time winner of the George Young High Average award, and earned nearly $1.7 million on tour.
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Marshall Holman was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1990 and into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Marshall Holman is a 2010 inductee to the USBC Hall of Fame in the Performance category.
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Marshall Holman indicated in a 2017 interview that he is retired from competitive bowling and does not anticipate taking part in any more PBA senior events.
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Marshall Holman served as a color analyst alongside Mike Durbin on several ESPN and ESPN2 bowling telecasts from 1996 to 2001.
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Marshall Holman later provided commentary, alongside play-by-play man Dave Ryan, for the 2009 US Women's Open telecasts.
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Marshall Holman was the analyst for the live broadcast of the 2015 Men's US Open, which ran on CBS Sports Network that season, and has appeared as an analyst at several Roth-Marshall Holman Doubles telecasts since then.
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At age four, Marshall Holman moved to the city of Medford, Oregon.
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Marshall Holman's father, Phil, was a morning DJ at radio station KBOY in Medford.
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Marshall Holman was nicknamed "Holman the Poleman", as he once did a radio show while pole sitting in 1959.
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For several years after retiring as a full-time PBA member, Marshall Holman continued to receive commissioner's exemptions to participate in the PBA's Medford Classic.