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Object number2012.109.3

Date1983

MediumMetal/Wood

Credit LineGift of Marjorie Mitchell

DescriptionRectangle wood plaque with metal plate attached to the front side.Dimensions11.937 x 0.75 x 8.937 in. (30.3 x 1.9 x 22.7 cm)
InscriptionsEngraved at center: "THE NATIONAL BOWLING ASSOCIATION, INC / HALL OF FAME / LOUISE FULTON / BOWLING ACHIEVEMENT / 1983"

Historical NotesFulton, a native of Kingstree, South Carolina, moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the age of seven. She attended Peabody High School and played basketball and softball. Fulton began bowling in her 20s and became the first African-American woman to win a professional bowling championship when she captured the 1964 PWBA Princeton Open in Princeton, NJ. She joined the Professional Women's Bowling Association in the 1960s. She was inducted into many Bowling and Sports Halls of Fame including the Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1971, the Pittsburgh Women's Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 1977 and the National Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 1983. After her death in 1988, Fulton was awarded several honors posthumously including induction into the Pennsylvania State Women's Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 1991, The International Women's Bowling Congress Joyce Deitch Trailblazer Award in 1999, and election to the International Women's Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 2000.

Related person Louise Fulton (died 1988)

Related institution The National Bowling Association, Inc. (founded 1939)

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