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American professional ten-pin bowler

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Nickname	Deadeye[1]
Born	() October 6, (age&#;65) San Jose, California
Years&#;active	–present
Height	6&#;ft 2&#;in (&#;cm)
Country	United States
Sport	Ten-pin bowling, Horseshoes
League	PBA, NHPA World Tournament, PBA50 Tour
Turned pro	(horseshoes) (bowling)
National finals	47 PBA Tour (8 majors) 16 PBA50 Tour (3 majors) 1 PBA60 Tour 7× PBA Player of the Year (, , , , , , ) 3× PBA50 Player of the Year (, , ) 9 World Horseshoes titles

Walter Ray Williams Jr. (born October 6, ) is an American professional bowler and competitive horseshoes pitcher.

He currently holds the record for all-time standard PBA Tour career titles (47), and total PBA earnings (over $5 million through ).^[2] He is a seven-time PBA Player of the Year (tied with Jason Belmonte for the most all-time), and won at least one PBA Tour title in a record 17 consecutive seasons ( through –10).^[3] He starred in the ten-pin bowling sports documentary A League of Ordinary Gentlemen.

As of June 26, , Williams is also the all-time title leader on the PBA50 Tour, with He is a three-time PBA50 Player of the Year, and has won three majors on that Tour. He has rolled career perfect games in PBA competition through ^[4]

On December 18, , Williams became the first player in history to reach total PBA titles (combined PBA Tour, PBA Regional Tour, PBA50 Tour, PBA50 Regional Tour).^[5] Only one player, Pete Weber, has matched this feat.

Williams' total is now at (with PBA60 Tour wins added) following his first PBA60 Tour win on July 5, ^[6][7][8] Williams retired from the regular PBA Tour in , but continues to bowl in PBA50 Tour, PBA60 Tour and PBA Regional Tour events. He owns the most combined Regional titles all-time with 62 (35 on the PBA Regional Tour and 27 on the PBA50 Regional Tour).^[9]

Williams is also a nine-time world champion^[10] in the game of horseshoes (three junior titles and six men's titles).^[11]

Bowling career

PBA Tour

Williams is a seven-time PBAPlayer of the Year (, '93, '96, '97, '98, , ), which is tied with Jason Belmonte and one more than Earl Anthony for the most Player of the Year awards.

He has won a record eight Bowling Writers Bowler of the Year awards and is also the all-time leading money winner on the PBA Tour.^[2] He holds the most PBA money titles.

He was the first bowler in history to surpass $2 million in career earnings in With his win in the U.S. Open, he also became the first $3 million career winner and the first $4 million career winner in Williams also set a record for the highest monetary winnings in a single season, with $, during the –03 PBA season.^[12] This record would be broken in the season by Kyle Troup.^[13]

On September 24, , Williams eclipsed Earl Anthony's career record of 41 PBA regular tour titles with his 42nd win at the Dydo Japan Cup over Pete Weber in a – single game pinfall.^[14] Anthony's title count was amended to 43 in , when the PBA chose to include ABC Masters titles earned by a PBA member as PBA Tour titles.

By that time, Williams had accumulated 44 titles to maintain a lead over Anthony.] Williams has been known as "Deadeye" in PBA fan circles,^[1] but he actually first got the nickname in horseshoes, when he threw 45 ringers out of a possible 50 in a junior tournament when he was 10 years old.^[15]

Williams is known for several PBA achievements:

• Record highest season spare percentage (%, /; –05) and single-pin conversion percentage (%, /; –06).
• Second-best strike () percentage and match play average ().^[12][4]
• Record number of career television appearances ( through ), most television appearances in a season (15 in ), most consecutive television appearances 5 (2x; , ), and most consecutive seasons making at least one television appearance (26).^[16]
• Most consecutive seasons winning at least one PBA Tour title (17, reached in the –10 season).
• Most final match appearances (92, through the season).
• Most games bowled in one season ( in ).
• Second-highest pinfall in a nine-game series (2, in Tucson, AZ, ; broken by Eugene McCune's 2, pins in ).
• Tied for most games in one tournament (4; Mechanicsburg, PA, ).^[12]
• Eight-time winner of the George Young High Average Award and Harry Smith Points Leader Award (most all-time for each award).^[4]
• The only PBA player to convert the split (also known as the "Big Four" or the "Double Pinochle") on television.
• Oldest bowler (50) to be named PBA Player of the Year (–10 season).
• Bowled s on TV during his professional and senior career.

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• First player to reach total PBA titles (47 PBA Tour, 32 PBA Regional Tour, 10 PBA50 Tour, 11 PBA50 Regional Tour).
• Only player in history to win the USBC Masters and USBC Senior Masters twice each.
• Bowled a two-handed game at the River City Extreme Open.

In the –08 season, at age 48, Williams established the second-highest average in PBA history for a single season &#; Only Norm Duke's –07 mark of was higher at the time,^[17][18] though that has since been broken by Jason Belmonte's in the –13 season.

Through the PBA50 season, he has bowled career games in PBA competition, second only to the perfect games tallied by Parker Bohn III.^[4]

Upon winning the Motor City Open championship, Williams extended his record of winning at least one PBA Tour title per season to 17 consecutive seasons, two years more than Earl Anthony's –84 run.^[19] Williams' streak ended when he failed to win a title in the –11 season.

FIQ WTBA World Championships

In August , Williams joined Team USA to participate in that year's FIQ World Men's Championships in Thailand. For the first time, professionals were allowed to compete in this international event with over participants from 56 countries. Williams was the most successful bowler in the championships, winning four medals: Gold in Masters, Gold in Singles, Gold in Team and a Bronze medal in Trios.^[20][21][22]

PBA Tour retirement

On March 17, , Williams announced his retirement from the national PBA Tour after being eliminated from the Round of 8 in the final event of World Series of Bowling XII.

He stated he will continue to bowl in PBA50 Tour and PBA Regional Tour events.^[23]

PBA50 Tour

After turning 50, Williams announced that he would participate in the PBA Senior Tour (renamed the PBA50 Tour in ), but in limited events due to Team USA and other obligations.^[24]

Williams made his PBA Senior Tour debut on May 3, , at the Miller High Life Senior Classic in Mooresville, NC.

He won the tournament three days later.^[25] On June 18, , Williams had a chance to become just the second bowler to win the USBC Masters and USBC Senior Masters in a career (joining Dave Soutar), and the first to win both in the same year.

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Williams made the three-game final, but he was denied the title when he fell, , to fellow PBA Hall of Famer Wayne Webb.^[26] Williams did bowl enough on the Senior Tour to earn PBA Senior Rookie of the Year honor.^[27]

In the PBA Senior season, Williams again had a chance to match Soutar as the only bowlers to win both the USBC Masters and Senior USBC Masters.

He came in second, falling to Dale Traber in the finals, –^[28]

Williams won two Senior titles in and earned his first Senior PBA Player of the Year award.^[29]

Williams won three PBA50 titles in and earned his second PBA50 Player of the Year award.

Williams won the USBC Senior Masters to become only the second bowler to win both the USBC Masters and USBC Senior Masters (following Dave Soutar).

On June 11, , Williams won his second USBC Senior Masters, becoming the only player in history to win the USBC Masters and USBC Senior Masters twice each.^[30]

At age 59, Williams opened the PBA50 season with three consecutive victories, including the PBA50 National Championship, giving him three majors among his 14 PBA50 Tour titles.

The wins tied him with John Handegard for the most PBA50 Tour titles of all-time.

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With a third place finish in the second-to-last event of the PBA50 Tour season, Williams clinched his third career PBA50 Player of the Year award.^[31]

After the PBA50 season was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic, Williams won the opening event of the PBA50 Tour season on April The – victory over Michael Haugen Jr.

in the three-game final at the PBA50 Lightning Strikes Open gave Williams the most PBA50 Tour titles of all time, with ^[32] Williams extended the record to 16 by winning the PBA50 Odessa Open on June

Popularity

17 (out of 47) of Williams's titles and 6 of his 8 majors were earned after he reached age Williams' most recent PBA Tour title at the USBC Masters came after he reached age Williams swept every major PBA statistical category in the –10 season, leading the tour in earnings ($,), average (), match play appearances (15), and overall competition points.^[25]

On his longevity and future plans, Williams said in

As long as I feel good and stay competitive, I’ll keep on bowling.

I don't want to be out here if I'm not competitive; I'd be too frustrated. When I can't compete, when it isn't fun, I'll retire. I have no issue with that. But I feel like I'm still doing pretty well.^[19]

Williams was named "Male Bowler of the Decade" (–) in the Winter, issue of U.S.

Bowler.^[33] He won his then-unprecedented seventh PBA Player of the Year award in , becoming the oldest player in history (50) to earn that honor.^[34]

He is a member of the USBC and PBA Halls of Fame,^[35][36] a member of the World Horseshoe Pitching Hall of Fame,^[4] and was a two-time past president of the Professional Bowlers Association.^[4]

In the –09 season, the PBA's 50th, the PBA commissioned a panel of bowling experts to recognize the "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years."^[37] Williams finished second on the list, behind only Earl Anthony.

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On an ESPN telecast January 25, , Nelson Burton Jr. noted that the voting was close, but Anthony reached the #1 spot primarily for having more major titles than Williams (ten to seven at the time). Williams states that:

I feel Earl's record is better than mine because it was more condensed.

Earl bowled 14 years and or so events. I've bowled well over by now, maybe I feel very pleased to be No. 2."^[38]

On December 10, , Williams made it to the final match of the PBA Shark Championship in Reno, NV. A victory would have made Williams the oldest player (57 years, 65 days) to ever win a regular PBA Tour event, but he was defeated in the finals by Canadian François Lavoie.

John Handegard continues to hold the distinction as oldest PBA Tour champion at 57 years, 55 days.^[39]

In his later career, Williams has experimented with a two-handed "shovel style" delivery, and began using it in some PBA50 tournaments. At the River City Extreme Open in July , he shot a game in qualifying using the two-handed approach.^[40]

Through , Williams had bowled in over 1, PBA tournaments.^[41] He has continued bowling at a high level despite reaching age 60 in From to , Williams bowled in at least 34 PBA events every year (more than 40 events from to ), and cashed over $, in three of the four years.^[41]

Horseshoes

Williams has also won six Men's World Horseshoe Pitching titles.

He was invited to pitch horseshoes at the White House with President George H.W. Bush in ^[42] After switching his throwing hand from right to left, he finished second in the World Horseshoe Pitching Championships.

Personal life

Williams graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and a minor in mathematics.

He has stated that if he wasn't a successful bowler, "I would have gone to work for NASA."^[43]

Williams and Paige Pennington, his first wife, lived in Oxford, FL, and adopted a daughter, Rebecca, in ^{[citation needed]} They divorced in ^{[citation needed]} He now lives in Oxford with his second wife Fancy Allen.^{[citation needed]}

In addition to being a bowling and horseshoes champion,^{[44][better&#;source&#;needed]} Williams golfs and at one time had a one handicap.^{[citation needed]}

Williams' career PBA Tour titles

Among Williams' 47 career PBA Tour titles are eight majors (in bold type below).

He is a three-time winner of the PBA World Championship and has also won two U.S. Open crowns, two ABC/USBC Masters titles, and a Touring Players Championship. He was a Tournament of Champions title short of completing a career "super grand slam."

He has also won 16 PBA50 Tour titles, making him the all-time PBA50 titles leader and one of only five bowlers (along with Pete Weber, Tom Baker, Amleto Monacelli and Parker Bohn III) to win at least 10 titles on both PBA national tours.

Williams is also the only player in history to earn at least 60 combined titles between the PBA and PBA50 Tours.^[45][46]

Standard PBA Tour titles

1. True Value Open, Peoria, Ill.
2. Fair Lanes Open, Baltimore, Md.
3. Hammer Open, Edmond, Okla.
4. Miller Lite Classic, Miami, Fla.
5. Hammer Open, Edmond, Okla.
6. Oronamin C Japan Cup, Tokyo, Japan
7. Flagship City Open, Erie, Pa.
8. Columbia Open, San Antonio, Texas
9. Northwest Classic, Kennewick, Wash.
10. Oregon Open, Portland, Ore.
11. Tucson Open, Tucson, Ariz.
12. Greater Grand Rapids Open, Grand Rapids, Mich.
13. Paula Carter's Homestead Classic, Homestead, Fla.
14. Showboat Invitational, Las Vegas, Nev.
15. Touring Players Championship, Indianapolis, Ind.
16. Rochester Open, Rochester, N.Y.
17. Track Synergy Open, Kennewick, Wash.
18. Showboat Invitational, Las Vegas, Nev.
19. Brunswick Johnny Petraglia Open, North Brunswick, N.J.
20. Rochester Open, Rochester, N.Y.
21. Greater Harrisburg Open, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
22. Columbia Open, Austin, Texas
23. Brunswick Johnny Petraglia Open, North Brunswick, N.J.
24. St.

    Clair Classic, Fairview Heights, Ill.

25. Storm Flagship Open, Erie, Pa.
26. BPAA U.S. Open, Milford, Conn.
27. Brunswick Long Island Open, Coram, N.Y.
28. Bay City Classic, Bay City, Mich.
29. National Finance Challenge, Indianapolis, Ind.
30. Tucson Open, Tucson, Ariz.
31. Track Canandaigua Open, Canandaigua, N.Y.
32. Brunswick Johnny Petraglia Open, North Brunswick, N.J.
33. –02 PBA National Championship, Toledo, Ohio
34. –02 Greater Cincinnati Classic, Erlanger, Ky.
35. –03 Greater Detroit Open, Taylor, Mich.
36. –03 U.S.

    Open, Fountain Valley, Calif.

37. –03 PBA World Championship, Taylor, Mich.
38. –04 Earl Anthony Classic Presented by Storm, Tacoma, Wash.
39. –04 ABC Masters, Reno, Nev.
40. –05 Uniroyal Tire Classic, Wickliffe, Ohio
41. –06 Denny's PBA World Championship, Indianapolis, Ind.
42. –07 Dydo Japan Cup, Tokyo, Japan
43. –08 Motor City Classic, Taylor, Mich.
44. –08 Great Lakes Classic, Wyoming, Mich.
45. –09 Lake County Indiana Golden Anniversary Championship, Hammond, Ind.
46. Motor City Open, Allen Park, Mich.
47. USBC Masters, Reno, Nev.

PBA50 Tour titles

1. Miller High Life Senior Classic, Mooresville, NC.
2. PBA Senior Mark Roth Allentown Open, Allentown, PA.
3. PBA Senior Don Carter Memorial, Winter Garden, FL.
4. PBA Senior Northern California Classic, Brentwood, CA.
5. PBA50 Sun Bowl in The Villages, The Villages, FL.
6. PBA50 Northern California Classic, Brentwood, CA.
7. PBA50 South Shore Open, Hammond, IN.
8. USBC Senior Masters, Las Vegas, NV.
9. PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open, Welch, MN.
10. PBA50 Pasco County Florida Open, New Port Richey, FL.
11. USBC Senior Masters, Las Vegas, NV.
12. Johnny Petraglia BVL Open, Clearwater, FL.
13. PBA50 National Championship, The Villages, FL.
14. PBA50 Mooresville Open, Mooresville, NC.
15. PBA50 Lightning Strikes Open, Fort Myers, FL.
16. PBA50 Odessa Open, Odessa, Texas.

PBA60 Tour titles

1. PBA60 Tristan's T.A.P.S.

   Memorial, Columbus, OH.

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