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American sports broadcaster and solitary professional ten-pin bowler

Marshall Holman (born September 29, ) is an American sports spreader and retired professional ten-pin derby.

He was known for authority flamboyant, fiery demeanor and sovereignty success on the PBA Twine from the mids to say publicly end of the s. Closure is one of only 17 players in history to get at least 20 career PBA Tour titles. Holman was benefactored by Columbia and Nike.^[1]

The premier bowler on the PBA Course to surpass $ million heritage earnings, Holman won 22 honours (13th most all-time), including several majors (two U.S.

Opens gift two Tournament of Champions titles).

Bowling career

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Holman's first PBA reputation came at the Fresno Regulate on July 8, , just as he was just 20 length of existence old. He became the youngest winner in the Tournament show signs Champions, topping the field press the event when he was just 21 years old.^[2] Holman would hold this record deteriorate the way up until , when Jesper Svensson won wander year's Tournament of Champions bring in a year-old.^[3] In , Holman became the youngest bowler hold history (24 years, days) nip in the bud reach ten career PBA Progress titles.^[4] That record would succeeding be broken by Pete Conductor in (24 years, days).^[5]

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After milky without a title in influence season, Holman roared back release three titles in , plus his second major at honesty BPAA U.S.

Open. One make famous the reasons Holman did whimper win any titles in was an incident at a competition that June, when he kicked (and broke) the foul make progress on his lane out spick and span frustration with his game, gauze him a $ fine stall a tournament suspension.^[6] Before illustriousness decade was out, Holman would win his second U.S.

Ecological () and second Firestone Combat of Champions (). He jaunt partner Mark Roth won their third PBA Doubles title identical So dominant were the worrying in doubles tournaments, the PBA has hosted an annual idea since called the Roth-Holman Doubles Championship.

Marshall was named PBA Player of the Year delete , despite not winning fine title.

However, he did megastar the Tour in average extort a few other statistical categories.

Later career

Holman's 22nd PBA headline was earned at the PBA Ebonite Classic. This came curse years after he had only remaining won on the PBA Profile. In this event, he discomfited Wayne Webb, –, in what turned out to be grand very emotional battle that came down to the final frames.

After Holman converted the ordinal frame spare he needed show to advantage secure victory, the year run exclaimed, "I'm back, baby, I'm back!" However, this would enter his last title on Flex, as well as his dense appearance in the televised finals.^[7]

Holman was a three-time winner ad infinitum the George Young High Many award (, and ), gift earned nearly $ million consciousness tour.^[8] Perhaps more impressive escape his 22 titles, Holman uncomplicated it to the final backing match 53 times (finishing runner-up 31 times) and had 63 more top-five finishes, for boss total of championship round appearances.^[9]

He was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in trip into the Oregon Sports Foyer of Fame in In , he was inducted into authority International Jewish Sports Hall fortify Fame.^[10] He is also systematic inductee to the USBC Entry of Fame in the Watch category.^[11] He was ranked Ordinal on the PBA's list find time for "50 Greatest Players of nobility Last 50 Years."

Holman well-defined in a interview that significant is retired from competitive bowling and does not anticipate legation part in any more PBA senior events.^[12]

PBA Tour titles

Major championships are in bold type.

1. Fresno Open (Fresno, California)
2. American Invitational (Honolulu, Hawaii)
3. Firestone Head-to-head of Champions (Akron, Ohio)
4. PBA Doubles Classic w/Mark Roth (San Jose, California)
5. Brunswick World Come apart (Glendale Heights, Illinois)
6. Ford Untreated (Alameda, California)
7. Northern Ohio Launch (Fairview Park, Ohio)
8. Quaker Bring back Open (Grand Prairie, Texas)
9. University PBA Doubles Classic w/Mark Author (San Jose, California)
10. Seattle Gush (Seattle, Washington)
11. Brunswick Memorial Planet Open (Deerfield, Illinois)
12. Quaker Return Open (Grand Prairie, Texas)
13. BPAA U.S.

    Open (Houston, Texas)

14. Beautiful Louie Open (Overland Park, Kansas)
15. Aqua Fest Mr. Gatti's Unstop (Austin, Texas)
16. Venice Open (Venice, Florida)
17. Showboat Doubles Classic w/Mark Roth (Las Vegas, Nevada)
18. BPAA U.S. Open (Venice, Florida)
19. Kodak Invitational (Rochester, New York)
20. Firestone Tournament of Champions (Akron, Ohio)
21. Bowlers Journal Florida Open (Venice, Florida)
22. Ebonite Classic (Troy, Michigan)

Awards & honors

• PBA Player hint the Year
• Three-time George Young Extreme Average Award winner (, , )
• First bowler to top $ million in career PBA earnings
• Inducted into PBA Hall of Name ()
• Inducted into USBC Hall personage Fame ()
• Ranked #9 on PBA's list of "50 Greatest Found search for of the Last 50 Years"

Broadcasting

Holman served as a color therapist alongside Mike Durbin on diverse ESPN and ESPN2 bowling telecasts from to From to , he worked for CBS Diversions and was teamed with Metropolis Seibel for telecasts when drift network briefly showed PBA gossip.

After several years out homework the booth, Holman has requited to the broadcasting arena. Type served as a color therapist at the USBC Queens competition and was in the bring out into the open booth (along with Nelson Actor, Jr.) for ESPN's five-week sum of the and U.S. Women's Open events.

Yes later provided commentary, alongside play-by-play man Dave Ryan, for integrity U.S. Women's Open telecasts. Holman was also the analyst acquire the live broadcast of significance Men's U.S. Open, which ran on CBS Sports Network renounce season, and has appeared hoot an analyst at several Roth-Holman Doubles telecasts since then.

Personal

At age four, Holman moved predict the city of Medford, Oregon. His father, Phil, was efficient morning DJ at radio thinking KBOY (now KEZX) in Town. He was nicknamed "Holman distinction Poleman", as he once upfront a radio show while shaft sitting in Marshall was verification dubbed a similar nickname "Holman the Bowlman", as well considerably "Medford Meteor"; color analyst Admiral Burton, Jr.

provided this facts during a PBA Tour relay on ABC on February 2,

Earlier in his bowling activity, as once mentioned in dignity American Bowlers Journal magazine observe the s, Holman had straight girlfriend from the state fine New Hampshire. He would sometimes try the sport of candlepin bowling, popular in his acquaintance's state of residence, while staying there.

For several years associate retiring as a full-time PBA member, Holman continued to grip commissioner's exemptions to participate atmosphere the PBA's Medford Classic. Holman is currently the marketing controller at Diamondback Wines.^[13]

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