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Pinkalla was born on October 7, 1928. He was married his sweetheart Barbara Granum. Robert and Barbara went to the same High school, [[Casimir Pulaski High School]].<ref name="Robert">{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Robert-K.-Pinkalla-102375623 |title= Robert K. Pinkalla |publisher=Tributes.com|accessdate=1 May 2015}}</ref> Pinkalla was the former owner of the Pinky's Bowl.<ref name="Robert"/><ref name="Pinkalla">{{cite web|url=http://archive.is/cxHE5|title= Milwaukee bowling legend Bob Pinkalla dies at age 86|publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|accessdate=1 May 2015}}</ref>{{cbignore}} He won numerous tournaments from the 1940s through the 1970s.<ref name="Pinkalla"/> |
Pinkalla was born on October 7, 1928. He was married his sweetheart Barbara Granum. Robert and Barbara went to the same High school, [[Casimir Pulaski High School]].<ref name="Robert">{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Robert-K.-Pinkalla-102375623 |title= Robert K. Pinkalla |publisher=Tributes.com|accessdate=1 May 2015}}</ref> Pinkalla was the former owner of the Pinky's Bowl.<ref name="Robert"/><ref name="Pinkalla">{{cite web|url=http://archive.is/cxHE5|title= Milwaukee bowling legend Bob Pinkalla dies at age 86|publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|accessdate=1 May 2015}}</ref>{{cbignore}} He won numerous tournaments from the 1940s through the 1970s.<ref name="Pinkalla"/> |
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He and his brother Wayne organized and were on the Pinky's Bowl team which won the 1967 [[American Bowling Congress]] (ABC) national championship with a record setting 3,327 series. They were the first and only team to break 3,300 until 1989. Bob Pinkalla was the highest scoring team member with 700. Four of the five-man team became part of the eight-man United States team that went on to Sweden to compete in the [[Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs]] (FIQ) tournament. He and his brother were awarded a bronze in doubles.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schmidt|first1=Doug|title=They Came to Bowl: How Milwaukee Became America's Tenpin Capital|date=2007|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|isbn=9780870203879|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-Fac7ZbxE0C&pg=PA86&dq=%22Bob+Pinkalla%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmjJOapZvWAhVOx2MKHffhASgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22Bob%20Pinkalla%22&f=false|accessdate=10 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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He died of heart failure on April 13, 2015 in [[Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin]] at the age of 86.<ref name="Pinkalla"/> |
He died of heart failure on April 13, 2015 in [[Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin]] at the age of 86.<ref name="Pinkalla"/> |
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Robert Pinkalla | |
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| Born | October 7, 1928 |
| Died | April 13, 2015 (aged 86) |
| Other names | Bob Pinkalla |
| Known for | Bowling |
Robert K. Pinkalla (October 7, 1928 – April 13, 2015), better known as Bob Pinkalla, was an American ten-pin bowler.
Pinkalla was born on October 7, 1928. He was married his sweetheart Barbara Granum. Robert and Barbara went to the same High school, Casimir Pulaski High School.[1] Pinkalla was the former owner of the Pinky's Bowl.[1][2] He won numerous tournaments from the 1940s through the 1970s.[2]
He and his brother Wayne organized and were on the Pinky's Bowl team which won the 1967 American Bowling Congress (ABC) national championship with a record setting 3,327 series. They were the first and only team to break 3,300 until 1989. Bob Pinkalla was the highest scoring team member with 700. Four of the five-man team became part of the eight-man United States team that went on to Sweden to compete in the Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) tournament. He and his brother were awarded a bronze in doubles.[3]
He died of heart failure on April 13, 2015 in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin at the age of 86.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Robert K. Pinkalla". Tributes.com. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "Milwaukee bowling legend Bob Pinkalla dies at age 86". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ Schmidt, Doug (2007). They Came to Bowl: How Milwaukee Became America's Tenpin Capital. Wisconsin Historical Society. ISBN 9780870203879. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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