death_date death_place birth_place othername birth_date spouse yearsactive birthname image article_title name occupation
14 august 2001 new berlin , wisconsin tacoma , washington earl stroking machine the pearl , square earl , the doomsday 27 april 1938 susie 1963 -- 97 earl roderick anthony earl anthony.jpg earl anthony
 earl anthony ten pin bowler , bowling broadcaster
earl anthony

earl roderick anthony -lrb- april 27 , 1938 -- august 14 , 2001 -rrb- was a left-handed american professional bowler who amassed records of 43 titles and six bowler of the year awards on the professional bowlers association -lrb- pba -rrb- tour .
his title count was amended to 43 in 2008 , when the pba chose to include abc masters titles earned by a pba member as pba tour titles .
he is widely credited -lrb- along with dick weber -rrb- for having increased bowling 's popularity in the united states .
he was the first bowler to earn over $ 100,000 in a season -lrb- -rrb- , and the first to reach $ 1,000,000 in lifetime pba earnings -lrb- -rrb- .
his ten professional major titles -- six pba national championships , two firestone tournament of champions titles , and two abc masters -lrb- now usbc masters -rrb- titles -- are tied with pete weber for the most by any bowler .
never brash or flashy in a crew-cut and plastic-frame `` marshwood '' style eyewear -lrb- which he abandoned for more modern frames later in his career -rrb- , anthony was dubbed `` square earl '' by fellow pro bowlers .
