Alley Chat Classics - WNDS Stars and Strikes - 2002 TOC - Tom Olzsta vs. Mike Morgan

[@johnnguyen270]

To see Tom Morgan at the end of the match (he was wearing a cap behind the cameras) was very touching. RIP Tom Morgan! We miss you!

[@HalifaxHercules]

The Morgan Brothers, Tom Olzsta, Joe Ashline, Paul Berger, Tony LeBlanc (New Brunswick, Canada), Rick Martin (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada), and Kansas Snow (Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada) are definitely Candlepin Legends.

[@tomsmith6116]

Thanks for the upload. Great memories.

[@danagreene7469]

Had the privilege of being matched with tom many years ago in a pro-am tournament, i was obviously the amateur and we took first place , he is a New England bowling legend

[@mattlagace1971]

Thanks Frank!

[@ManOfThePeople75]

Tommy Olszta has to be one of the greatest Candlepin Bowlers to have ever existed. In my opinion, he's the Greatest ever.

[@aaronfontaine6400]

oh god 49:55 my first ball i ever threw on tv it was a gutterball btw lol

[@flames24lightning]

What was the name you call your grandfather? I couldn't make it out.

[@aaronfontaine6400]

flames24lightning Dziadziu

[@madeintheus6335]

Best Candlepin Game on KZbin for sure

[@oldmr.boston1237]

Nice match, thanks for posting

[@richardgeorge3136]

I haven't bowled since the mid eighties and this fall 11/23 I am taking it up again at the age of 65. Candlepin all the way 😊

[@donnamariewilliams8261]

I haven’t seen this one! Oh this makes me smile. My first love Tommy and Donna! I really wonder where he is because I would love to contact him. Very fond memories Tom! I was with him for those channel 5 Championships, as a junior bowler!

[@timp3035]

Tommy lives in Florida now but plans on moving back up to Mass for 6 months out of the year !! Actually I just met him , what a great guy !! Ill be seeing him more in the future ! Oh BTW he looks the same just a little older ! lol

[@AustinLaPlante]

I also have this match, but no first game.

[@Zurround]

Seems like something that happens A LOT with Tom Olzsta is that he is behind the first 2 and part of the 3rd then ekes out a win towards the end.

[@richyasi7424]

Was this Olszta's last TV appearance? Thanks for posting!

[@kylebertulli4435]

Richard Yasi no. He was on the Comcast Candlepin Challenge in either 2003 or 2004. He lost to Det Klein in the challengers match.

[@richyasi7424]

Kyle Bertulli Thanks Kyle!

[@tomsmith6116]

Does anyone have that match on tape?

[@JMRSplatt]

... "bowls out of Auburn at T-Bird lanes.." R. I. P. :( :(

[@karlschneider9479]

I never understood the fascination with the Morgan brothers.

[@kenqiao3946]

Such humble and wholesome people back in the days. WTF happened to people now?

[@christopherrawlinson3110]

Why do you say RIP Tom Morgan, he is not dead yet Tom Morgan has been at the lanes alot to cheer on his brother Mike Morgan though

[@trinitylancer]

Perhaps by now you realize Tom Morgan passed on in September of 2002. This particular video was put here in July of 2017 and this was a 2002 match, the same year but perhaps months prior to Tom's very sad passing. I just found out this week myself about Tom when a person posted his passing date in the comments section of a 1994 Candlepin Championship Show that Tom Morgan was a contestant in that I was watching a few days ago. You may already know about Tom, but in case you didn't. As fate would have it Tom Morgan was up against Tom Olszta in the 3rd string of that 1994 Championship Show.

[@danaringquist9730]

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