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〔(World Senior Championships 2013 - Men Team of Four )〕 〔(World Senior Championships 2013 - Men Doubles )〕 Delmas Perry "Del" Ballard Jr. (born July 1, 1963, Richardson, Texas) is a professional ten-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association. He was a 2009 inductee into the PBA Hall of Fame, and a 2011 inductee into the USBC Hall of Fame.〔Vint, Bill. "PBA Stars Ballard, Webb, Richgels Inducted into United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame." Article at www.pba.com on July 2, 2011. ()〕 Ballard is the husband of top female bowler Carolyn Dorin-Ballard with whom he has one daughter. The Ballard family now resides in Keller, Texas. He is also the brother-in-law of another top female bowler, Cathy Dorin-Lizzi. It was announced on PBA.com in August, 2010, that Ballard is battling tonsil cancer. He is undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments at Texas Oncology, an affiliate of Baylor University Medical Center, and the prognosis for a full recovery is good.〔Vint, Bill. "PBA Hall of Famer Del Ballard Jr. Successfully Battling Tonsil Cancer." Article at www.pba.com on August 4, 2010.〕 == Bowling career == Ballard entered the PBA Tour in 1982 at the age of 19. He won two titles in 1987, including his first major at the U.S. Open Championship which earned him a then-record $100,000. In 1988, Ballard won his second major, the ABC Masters. (The Masters was not considered a PBA Tour event at the time, but is now recognized as a PBA title and a major). He went on to win two additional majors, the 1989 Firestone Tournament of Champions and the 1993 U.S. Open. In 1991, he had his most successful year on the tour, winning 4 titles. As of 2013, he has won 13 PBA Titles (all between 1987-1993) and has career total earnings of $1,130,857. He has cashed in 259 of 482 tournaments. In 31 TV appearances (the latter stages of an event) he has a 30-21 record, with a 216.29 average. Ballard received an exemption for the 2006-07 PBA tour season, by finishing tenth in the Tour Trials. He was unable to retain the exemption the following year. No longer an active bowler on the standard PBA Tour, Ballard continues to work on tour as a ball rep/coach for Storm. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Del Ballard, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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