Better Bowling with Andy Varipapa

By Andy Varipapa and Pat McDonough

Andy Varipapa won many bowling championships He is remembered today for his youtube video, showing his fantastic, almost unbelievable bowling trick shots. To see it, search youtube for "Bowling Tricks with Andy Varipapa (1948)." Andy Varipapa was considered to be "the greatest one-man bowling show on Earth." He would perform fantastic trick shots, sometimes rolling two bowling balls at once that would collide together and then hit the ten pens. Sometimes the balls would hit each other, then hit the gutters and then bounce back and hit the pins. Andy was more comfortable rolling two balls at once then most people are rolling one. Varipapa said, "I can make a bowling ball do anything, but talk." In 1934 he made "Strikes and Spares" the first of his 26 movie shorts. In 1981, at the age of 89 Andy appeared on the TV show "That's Incredible" demonstrating his trick shots. In addition to his trick shots, Andy was an outstanding bowler. He was one of the first pro bowlers in the country. In 1946 and 1947 he won the All-Star tournaments. At the age of 55, he was the first bowler to defend his All-Star championship. In 1947 he teamed up a fellow Hall of Famer to win the Bowling Proprietors Association of America Doubles Tournament. They defended their title in 1948.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 487187608X
• ISBN13: 9784871876087
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Ishi Press
• Length: 26 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"