1952 BPAA All Star - Don Carter - PIN BOYS!!!!!

**UPDATE**: In light of the recent news of Don Carter's passing, for those seeking more video of Don Carter, I have just posted the only known video in existence of him appearing as a contestant on ABC Television's "Pro Bowlers Tour." It's the final match of the 1962 PBA Houston Open. Seen in two parts:
Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62CKOT0bVpo
Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWMUku870Y
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NOTES ON THIS VIDEO: Seven years before the PBA, there was the All-Star, the biggest tournament in bowling. A 100-game iron man marathon, where the temporary lanes were constructed on a platform requiring the bowlers to take two steps up to get to the approach. By the time TV joins this 100th game, the outcome of the tournament is decided. Don Carter has wrapped up the title, based on 100-game pinfall as Junie McMahon, his opponent, fades in the closing games. Legendary bowling broadcaster Fred Wolf on the call, several years before he becomes host of Championship Bowling. Love the live Brunswick spots. PIN BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[themrfreeze07]

6:13 - The pinboy has a cigarette hanging out of this mouth. Priceless!

[kevindh71]

Without a doubt, absolutely amazing footage. Keep up the great work!

What amazed me most, I think, is how subdued the crowd was. But perhaps that was out of respect for the competitors, especially Carter. Things have certainly changed a lot in 57 years.

[bigr8131963]

Now thats classic bowling!!

[WSenator1]

One of my early heroes from a sport I've always love. RIP Mr. Carter.

[patk2344]

@WSenator1 same story for me....Champion Bowling was cool.....

[mrclubfoot100]

RIP MY FRIEND.!!

[artfay69]

Don Carter 1916-2012 Rest in peace, Don, you were the best!

[generalbullmoose]

RIP Don....

[wiiman0001]

My grandfather was a pinboy when he was about 12 years old, the "big shots" that would come into the alley where he worked would tip the pinboys nickels and dimes and throw them down the gutter to them if they bowled good. Sort of like how someone tips the dealer at a casino if they are doing good lol. As he got older he would bowl pros after hours in cash games, that's when he did his best bowling lol.

[joshster89]

bowled on a manual lane in 1920. My ball hit the pinboy in the head and kill't him. oh well

[eaglesyz]

@kevindh71 Good Observation about the crowd being subdued out of respect. This was long before the flamboyant, in your face, hot dog era which began in the 1980's. If society as a whole would go back to the

respect of those days, crime would drop faster than Don Carter dropped pins but I am not holding my breath

waiting for this to happen.

[rstp354]

1:38 - Look at the scores. Carter 588 for a series. McMahon 533. Those were the days when a 200 was a great game!!!