Frank Brill

Francis Hasbrouck Brill, born Briell, lived from March 28, 1864 to November 19, 1944 and was an American professional baseball player and hall-of-fame bowler. In baseball he appeared in one Major League season, 1884 with the Detroit Wolverines, pitching in 12 games and playing one game as an outfielder, and he later played several seasons of minor league ball. During the 1900s he became a prominent ten-pin bowler. At the first annual national championship held by the American Bowling Congress in 1901 he won both the singles title, with 648 pins, and the all-events title, with 1,736 pins. He was inducted into the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 1996.