• Home Town
  Clermont, FL
• Birth Date
  3/25/1964
• Throws
  Right
• 300 Games
  55
• Career Titles
  32
• Last Year Earnings
  $199,130

Norm Duke

Biography

Owns 29 career PBA Tour titles, tied for seventh all time… His five career Majors ranks sixth on the all time list… Is one of just two bowlers to complete the “Grand Slam,” a win in the USBC Masters, Tournament of Champions, U.S. Open and World Championship… Also one of just five players to complete the Triple Crown (T of C, U.S. Open, World Championship)… Has won multiple titles in a season on eight occasions, netting a career-best five titles in 1994… Named the PBA Player of the Year in 1994 and 2000… Holds the record for youngest bowler to win a PBA Tour title, winning his first title in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1983 at just 18 years and 345 days… Four-time George Young High Average Award winner, set the PBA’s single-season average record in 2006-07 (228.47)… Is 82-71 with a 227.48 average in 99 career TV singles appearances… Has appeared in multiple televised finals every season since 1990… Enjoyed a career-best nine-game winning streak on TV which ended almost one year to the day after it started, taking four titles from March 19, 2006-March 18, 2007… Tossed the 16th televised 300 game in Tour history January 5, 2003 in the 2003 Earl Anthony Classic in Tacoma, Wash.; defeated Walter Ray Williams Jr., 300-213 in the semifinals… Owns six PBA Regional Tour titles, and has earned $45,278 in regional winnings… Total career earnings of $2,602,414 ranks fourth all-time.

Accomplishments

Awards: PBA Player of the Year (1994, 2000) George Young High Average Award (1991, '94, 2005-06) Harry Smith Point Leader Award (2005-06) USBC Hall of Fame (2002). Duke won his fifth major at the 2008 Denny's PBA World Championship, his 28th title overall. Duke completed Bowling's Grand Slam with a win at the (2008) 65th U.S Open.