Today’s Drum,
February 25, 2007
Billy "O" Oatman becomes 1st African
American to earn a full-season bowling Tour exemption
Billy Oatman is one of 58 exempt bowlers
on the 2006-07 Denny's PBA Tour this year. He is the 1st African American
to earn a full season exemption.
The 40-year-old Oatman, who has yet to
bowl in a Denny's PBA Tour event as a PBA member, will look to become the
Tour's second African-American title winner. George Branham III won five
titles in his career including the prestigious Firestone Tournament of
Champions in 1993. Several other African-Americans have competed on Tour,
including Willie Willis who won a National Resident Pro Championship,
which did not count as a Tour title.
Look for Billy on the PBA Tour Beginning
October 22, 2006 at the USBC Masters. It will be televised on ESPN.
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