birth_place birth_date spouse yearsactive birthname article_title name occupation
mount pleasant , texas 25 march 1964 karen duke 1982-present norm duke norm duke
 norm duke ten pin bowler
norm duke

norm duke -lrb- born march 25 , 1964 -rrb- is an american professional bowler currently on the professional bowlers association -lrb- pba -rrb- tour .
he has bowled 60 -lrb- or 61 -rrb- perfect 300 games in pba competition -lrb- as of the 2013-14 season -rrb- , including the 15th televised 300 game in pba tour history on january 5 , 2003 .
a native of mount pleasant , texas , duke resides in clermont , florida , with his wife karen , and their son , branden .
in 1983 , less than a year after turning pro , duke won a title in cleveland , oh to become the youngest player ever to win a pba tour event -lrb- age 18 years , 345 days -rrb- .
on that day , duke started from the # 5 position and defeated four bowlers to take the championship , including a victory over the legendary earl anthony in duke 's first-ever televised match .
oddly , duke would not win his second pba title until , but his career took off from there .
norm completed perhaps his best season in , winning five titles including a major at the tournament of champions , and also winning pba player of the year honors .
he was also the winner of the pba player of the year award in , capturing three titles that year .
duke became a member of the usbc hall of fame in 2002 , and was inducted into the pba hall of fame in january 2009 .
duke currently owns 38 pba tour titles , including seven majors : one abc masters , one tournament of champions , two united states opens , and three pba world championships .
his 38th title on february 15 , 2015 put him in sole possession of third-place on the pba 's all-time titles list .
duke 's career pba tour earnings eclipsed $ 3 million in the 2011-12 season , making him just the third pba bowler -lrb- along with walter ray williams jr. and pete weber -rrb- to surpass the $ 3 million mark in career prize money .
he has made multiple tv finals appearances every season since 1990 .
he has won at least two titles in a season nine times , including a career-best five titles in 1994 .
the diminutive duke -lrb- he stands 1.65 meters , or 5-foot-5 -rrb- is known for his exceptional versatility .
he is generally thought of as a stroker , either throwing the ball relatively straight or playing a hook shot from the extreme outside of the lane .
but he has also shown the ability -lrb- especially earlier in his career -rrb- to swing the ball out toward the gutter and bring it back like a cranker when necessary .
this gives him the advantage of being able to score well on most of the pba 's multiple oil patterns .
