George Branham III

George Branham III is an American professional ten-pin bowler, born on November 21, 1962, and a former member of the Professional Bowlers Association. He began his career in 1984 and retired at the end of the 2003 season. He is best remembered as the first African American to win a PBA Tour title, and later as the first to win a major championship, which he did at the 1993 Tournament of Champions. He was the only African American to have won a PBA Tour title until Gary Faulkner Jr. won the PBA World Championship in December 2015. In January 2025 Branham was elected to the PBA Hall of Fame in the Pioneer category, and he was inducted in April with the rest of the 2025 class.