Bowling great Dick Weber, 75
Posted: Wednesday, February 16th, 2005 7:25 am
Dick Weber, perhaps the greatest bowler ever and for more than a half-century an international ambassador for the sport, died Monday at his home in Florissant, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis. He was 75.
Weber’s wife, Juanita, said he had experienced breathing problems and could not be revived by paramedics. The cause of death was not immediately determined.
Weber had returned Sunday from Baton Rouge, La., where he had helped open the American Bowling Congress championships.
Weber, at 5 feet 10 inches and 130 pounds, was one of the first big stars of bowling when it was a major attraction on Saturday afternoon television in the 1960’s.
In 1959, he became a charter member of the Professional Bowlers Association, and from 1959 to 1992 he won 26 P.B.A. Tour titles and six titles on the P.B.A. Senior Tour.
He was voted bowler of the year in 1961, 1963 and 1965. He won four all-star tournaments before that event was succeeded by the United States Open, and he was elected 11 times to Bowling Magazine’s all-American first team. … Read full obituary
