Dave Husted

Dave Husted, born David Husted in 1960 and based in Milwaukie, Oregon, is a retired professional ten-pin bowler and a member of the Professional Bowlers Association. A right-hander, he joined the PBA in 1978 and won 14 titles on the PBA Tour, four of them majors. He won the U.S. Open three times, in 1982, 1995 and 1996, taking the first at age 21 as the youngest winner of that event, and his 1995 win came before the largest crowd ever to see a PBA event, 7,212 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. He is the only modern era bowler to defend a U.S. Open title, and his other major was the 1985 Touring Players Championship. He won back-to-back PBA Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Awards in 1988 and 1989, was the ninth player to pass one million dollars in career earnings, and also won 26 PBA Regional Tour titles. He entered the PBA Hall of Fame in 1996 and the USBC Hall of Fame in 2012, and owns Milwaukie Bowl and Hazel Dell Lanes.