Earl Anthony

Earl Roderick Anthony was an American professional bowler who amassed records of 43 titles and six Player of the Year awards on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. For over two decades, his career title count was listed as 41. The count was amended to 43 in 2008, when the PBA chose to retroactively award PBA titles for ABC Masters championships if won by a PBA member at the time. He is widely credited for having increased bowling's popularity in the United States. He was the first bowler to earn over $100,000 in a season (1975), and the first to reach $1,000,000 in lifetime PBA earnings (1982). His ten professional major titles—six PBA National Championships, two Firestone Tournament of Champions titles, and two ABC Masters titles—are the second most all time, tied with Pete Weber and five behind Jason Belmonte.

27 April 1938

Born on the same birth date (27 April 1938): Alain Caron (ice hockey)

Born on the same birth day (27 April): Andrew Schlafly • Andrew Selous • Basil A. Paterson • Charles Emmanuel III • Eric Schmidt • George Gervin • Gian-Carlo Rota • Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland • Im Sang-soo • Irving Adler • Jaime Fresnedi • Lim Bo Seng • Mary Wollstonecraft • Mihkel Lüdig • Ruth Glick • Sally Hawkins • Seppo Räty • Stanisław Dziwisz • Sten Rudholm • Theo Angelopoulos • Tim LaHaye

Born in the same month (April 1938): Adam Raphael • Alain Caron (ice hockey) • Betty Cuthbert • Hso Khan Pha • Kofi Annan • Mahmud Esad Coşan • Mal Colston • Mary W. Gray • Ralph Willis