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Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (born October 6, 1959 in Eureka, California) is a professional bowler. He currently holds the record for all-time standard PBA Tour career titles (47) and total PBA earnings (over $4.4 million through the 2012-13 season).〔Westside News - (Walter Ray Williams Jr. passes Earl Anthony with 42nd PBA title ). 2006-09-27. Accessed 2007-08-22.〕 He is a seven-time PBA Player of the Year winner, and won at least one PBA Tour title in 17 consecutive seasons (1993 through 2009-10); both of these feats are also PBA records. He starred in the ten-pin bowling sports documentary ''A League of Ordinary Gentlemen''. He is currently active on both the PBA Tour and the PBA50 Tour (formerly PBA Senior Tour). Walter is also a nine-time world champion in the game of horseshoes (3 junior titles and 6 men's titles).〔("How to Pitch Horseshoes." "About the Actor" bio at www.amazon.com )〕 ==Bowling career== Williams is a seven-time PBA Player of the Year (1986, '93, '96, '97, '98, 2003, 2010) which is 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.〔 He has the most PBA money titles (seven). He was the first bowler in history to surpass $2 million in career earnings, achieving this in 1997. With his win in the 2003 U.S. Open, he also became the first $3 million career winner. He became the first (and so far only) $4 million career winner in 2008. Williams also has the highest monetary winnings in a single season, with $419,700 during his 2002–03 season.〔(PBA.com - Records ) 2003-10-03. Accessed 2007-10-13.〕 On September 24, 2006, Williams eclipsed Earl Anthony's then-recognized career record of 41 PBA regular tour titles with his 42nd win at the Dydo Japan Cup over Pete Weber in a 289–236 single game pinfall.〔(From PBA.com News )〕 (Anthony's title count was amended to 43 in 2008, when the PBA chose to include ABC Masters titles earned by a PBA member as PBA Tour titles. ) Williams has been known as "Deadeye" in PBA fan circles,〔 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.〔"The Jordan of ... Bowling". Article in ''ESPN the Magazine'' on MArch 26, 2008. ()〕 He is known for several PBA achievements: * Record highest season spare percentage (88.16%, 655/743; 2004–05) and single-pin conversion percentage (100%, 475/475; 2005–06) * Second-best strike (68.21) percentage and match play average (235.23).〔〔(PBA.com Profile )〕 * Record number of career television appearances (182 through 2012), most television appearances in a season (15 in 1993), most consecutive television appearances 5 (2x; 2000, 2001), and most consecutive seasons making at least one television appearance (26)〔Schneider, Jerry. "Chameleon Finals Sunday on ESPN Takes on International Flavor and Marks the Return of Walter Ray Williams Jr. to TV." www.pba.com on December 24, 2012. ()〕 * Most final match appearances (92, through the 2009-10 season) * Tied for most major titles in a season (two in 2002–03) * Most games bowled in one season (1300 in 1993) * Second-highest pinfall in a nine game series (2,367 in Tucson, AZ, 2004; broken by Eugene McCune's 2,468 pins in 2010) * Most 300 games in one tournament (4; Mechanicsburg, PA, 1993)〔 *Eight time winner of the George Young High Average Award and Harry Smith Points Leader Award (most all-time for each award)〔 * First and, so far, only PBA player to convert the 4-6-7-10 split (also known as the "Big Four") on television * Bowled 299s on TV during his professional and senior career. One during the 1993 Leisure Long Island Open at AMF Sayville Lanes, a 60 lane bowling center in Sayville, NY on March 27, 1993. On the senior tour, he bowled 299 in 2011. * Bowled 300 at the 2012 Etonic Senior Open. In the 2007–08 season, at age 48, Walter Ray established the second-highest average in PBA history for a single season — 228.34. Only Norm Duke's 2006–07 mark of 228.47 was higher at the time,〔(TenpinBowling.org: All About Bowling )〕〔Stats, Average at www.pba.com〕 though that has since been broken by Jason Belmonte's 228.81 in the 2012–13 season. Through the 2012-13 season, he has bowled 93 career 300 games in PBA competition.〔 Upon winning the 2009 ''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 1970–84 run.〔PBA.com News - ()"Williams Wins PBA Motor City Open for Record 46th Career Title." November 1, 2009.〕 Williams' streak ended when he failed to win a title in the 2010-11 season. In August 2008 Walter Ray 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 truly international event with over 330 participants from 56 countries. Walter Ray was the most successful bowler, winning 4 medals: Gold in Masters, Gold in Singles, Gold in Team and a Bronze medal in Trios.〔(PBA.com - Williams Jr. Wins Gold ) 2008-08-29. Accessed 2008-10-04.〕 In 2008 he also won a gold medal in the singles of the WTBA World Championships. 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「Walter Ray Williams, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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