The Tragedy of Ed Lubanski: The Greatest Bowler America Ever Forgot

Ed Lubanski was the greatest bowler of the 1950s — Detroit's King of the Pins, the man who bowled back-to-back 300 games on live television in 1959, won four ABC Tournament titles in a single event, and carried a 204 lifetime average for over 25 years. He was inducted into five Halls of Fame. He was married for 62 years and raised four children. And yet today, almost nobody outside of bowling history knows his name. This is the full story of Edward Anthony Lubanski — the Polish kid from Detroit who gave up a professional baseball career to become a bowling legend, and who the world somehow forgot. Ed Lubanski, Eddie Lubanski, bowling legend, Double 300 bowling, Detroit bowler, PBA history, ABC Tournament 1959, Bowler of the Year 1959, King of the Pins, Polish American athlete, Detroit sports history, bowling Hall of Fame, professional bowling 1950s, forgotten sports legends, PBA president