Longtime St. Louis Bowling Writer and PBA Hall of Famer John Archibald dies
01/04/11
Veteran bowling writer and PBA Hall of Famer John Archibald died Monday Jan. 3, 2011 at the age of 83 in suburban St. Louis.
Archibald, who suffered a stroke approximately two years ago, began a four-decade career at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch after graduating from the University of Missouri in 1949. During his career he was also a general assignment sportswriter, feature writer, and a TV critic but was probably best known as the paper’s bowling columnist.
Archibald traveled the country covering the sport’s biggest tournaments such as the All-Star, World’s Invitational, PBA Tournament of Champions and USBC Masters, among many others.
He was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1989, the same year he retired from the Post-Dispatch. He served as Bowling Writers Association of America President in 1970 and was also a member of the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame.
After retiring from the Post-Dispatch he continued to write a syndicated bowling column and during his career won more than 50 bowling writing awards including six PBA writing competition awards.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Veteran bowling writer and PBA Hall of Famer John Archibald died Monday Jan. 3, 2011 at the age of 83 in suburban St. Louis. Archibald, who suffered a stroke approximately two years ago, began a four-decade career at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch after graduating from the University of Missouri in 1949. During his career he was also a general assignment sportswriter, feature writer, and a TV critic but was probably best known as the paper’s bowling columnist.
Archibald traveled the country covering the sport’s biggest tournaments such as the All-Star, World’s Invitational, PBA Tournament of Champions and USBC Masters, among many others.
He was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1989, the same year he retired from the Post-Dispatch. He served as Bowling Writers Association of America President in 1970 and was also a member of the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame.
After retiring from the Post-Dispatch he continued to write a syndicated bowling column and during his career won more than 50 bowling writing awards including six PBA writing competition awards.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
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