Floretta McCutcheon

Floretta Doty McCutcheon lived from July 22, 1888, to February 2, 1967, and was a professional bowler and activist, widely regarded for her professional achievements and for her work popularizing bowling among women. She began bowling on her doctor's advice to be more active, and her husband, Robert McCutcheon, formed a league and placed her on its roster in 1923. In 1927 she beat the world champion Jimmy Smith 704 to 696 in a three-game set, and a year later she began work as an instructor for the Brunswick Corporation. Ten-pin bowling is a sport in which players roll a heavy ball down a lane to knock over ten pins, and its professional circuits and national federations keep records of titles, tours and halls of fame. This entry records only what the cited Wikipedia lead states about the athlete.