1976 Firestone Tournament of Champions(last 3 Matches)

[@gaetanodetorrice5555]

I look forward to these every Saturday when I was a teenager. And Marshall Holman is my favorite bowler 👌👍

[@malone628]

Great vids. My era. When professionals bowled with subpar equipment compared to todays standards and still got it done. Much more talented than todays professionals.

[@steveperry1344]

wow this video has a lot going on, the bowling, the outfits, the hair, the ford pinto and yaz with a shotgun. thnx for the show.

[@danielschrafel3158]

This is a sensational find - with clips from the inaugural Hall of Fame class it looks like! Well done.

[@joeyoconnor3039]

And the commercials..😊

[@nordattack]

WOW! Just WOW! Amazing, truly amazing. Thank you so much! Now Mike, if you can find the telecast of the 1976 Monroe-Matic Toledo Open, I will be in heaven.

[@danielschrafel3158]

Indeed! That's another one of the great white whales of bowling tapes. That, and Earl's 299 in Cleveland.

[@steveperry1344]

this is the year i started league bowling, i'm 74 yrs old and still at it. i luv bowling.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

me too. Age 12. Won my first trophy, high game, 279. Eleven strikes. 1000s of games later i tied it twice, never beat it. I remember missing head pin and still getting a strike lol

[@steveperry1344]

@@MrChristopherHaas it's funny how you can really miss the shot and it still goes sometimes, then you know it's your night.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

@@steveperry1344 so true.

[@klunkytown9288]

Yay please keep them coming. Very valuable video ventlemen.

[@freighttrain1695]

One thing that hasn't changed since 1970's is if you leave a solid 8 pin , the five is still not deflecting in to the 8 pin, it's going straight back. Same thing for left handers, five is going straight back, you leave the 9 pin, not deflecting to the 8 pin.

[@danielschrafel3158]

Durbin explained it the best. On a flush hit, the headpin hits the two, then the butt of the headpin pushes the five a bit to the right so the ball can chop it off while driving through.

[@oldsnwbrdr]

Harahan has a great delivery.

[@tirmyta]

Thank you very much!

[@taxpayer1962]

Thanks for this its great and very clear, haha look at Holman all that hair and look at those clothes

[@gixxergarry]

Tim has the best RBF ever

[@steveperry1344]

marshall holman at that age looks like the guy that does the hot dog snowboarding in the olympics.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

looks like “Fast Times at Ridemont High” lol

[@mrwp819300]

Yellow outfit man looks like he's in his mid 50's but he's only 39 here.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

i consider this a changing of the guard right here

[@20alphabet]

Absolutely great. Also, it's always nice to see McCune trounced... the cheat.

[@obijuana]

Wasn't he the guy who came up with the "soaker"?

[@MrChristopherHaas]

@@obijuanaplease explain

[@steveperry1344]

luv schenkle and burton.

[@Ramon-oy5fq]

How about the pants some have on.really cool.

[@crgray1979]

Marshall with no mustache and lots of 70s hair

[@MrChristopherHaas]

how did he lose so much of it so quickly? pressure i guess

[@akbarshabazz-jenkins7847]

Now he has a mustache and no hair and about to be in his 70s lol

[@akbarshabazz-jenkins7847]

​@@MrChristopherHaasGenetics and stress. Every pro bowler feels "pressure".

[@MrChristopherHaas]

@@akbarshabazz-jenkins7847 ive noticed that many of them ended up prematurely bald.

[@akbarshabazz-jenkins7847]

@@MrChristopherHaas Even today lol just look at EJ Tackett and Anthony Simonsen lol

[@steveperry1344]

should be billy hardknox, he gave it a run.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

At beginning of video it is stated that this is Mr. Holmans first broadcast. This is the Tournament of Champions where a pro must win a tournament to qualify. Were their non televised touraments?

[@Revs300]

He won a PBA summer stop in 1975 that wasn’t televised

[@MrChristopherHaas]

@@Revs300 thank you.

[@LarryKPrebis]

What happened to Hardwick?? Black eye??

[@20alphabet]

He was perpetually unhealthy.

[@taxpayer1962]

low iron deficiency anemia I had that when I was a teenager

[@MrChristopherHaas]

@@taxpayer1962thank you, was afraid someone beat him up

[@20alphabet]

1975 ToC please!

[@Revs300]

That’s one I’d love to see

[@crgray1979]

@41:44 Chris hardwick

[@spudhandle]

8:09 - PBA pays so much less today when factored for inflation. About the only sport I know of that has happened to. Look at 40:00 to see that even those who placed in the teens made good money.

[@pablolacruz2652]

Wonder if McCune was using a soaker?

[@MrChristopherHaas]

whats a “soaker”?

[@pablolacruz2652]

He was soaking his plastic bowling balls in a acetone like solution such as Trichloroethylene. This would make the ball very soft, thereby allowing more of the ball to grip the lane, which would increase the hook.@@MrChristopherHaas

[@Ramon-oy5fq]

​@MrChristopherHaas Back in the 70s we would soak bowling balls in paint thinner to soften the surface of the ball. It would hook like crazy on heavy oiled wooden lanes.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

@@Ramon-oy5fq ahhh. thank you

[@mrwp819300]

​@@Ramon-oy5fqIt was definitely hooking in this video. I bet he did.

[@jamesdyson9185]

Holman is pretty obnoxious

[@lockedonlaw]

Holman was one hell of a bowler but that Ted Bundy serial killer hairstyle was not necessary.

[@gixxergarry]

lol hardwick never had "talent"

[@rufust.firefly4890]

Some terrible hair on HotHead Holman. 1970s white belts and bells. . McCune dressed like a canary. Burton kissing Holman's rear.

[@beeemm2578]

Lol...helluva time eh? 🤣

[@Igloo3471]

All those stone 8s on Lane 27! 😮

[@dnx112]

My Grandma hated holman, she called him creep holman 😮. 😂