Billy Oatman

William Howard Oatman IV, known as Billy, lived from December 1, 1965 to April 23, 2023 and was a left-handed American ten-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association. Born in Chicago, he was the oldest man to win the PBA Rookie of the Year award and the first African American to do so, in his first year on tour, 2006 to 2007, when his PBA ranking was 37. He bowled four perfect 300 games in PBA competition and had rolled more than 190 perfect games and over 70 800 series in all. At eight years of age he was already bowling in three leagues, and before becoming a PBA bowler he worked in his mother's health food store.