Harry Smith

Harry Monroe Smith (April 29, 1930 to August 8, 2021), nicknamed Tiger, was a right-handed American ten-pin bowler, a native of Cleveland and a charter member of the Professional Bowlers Association. He was one of 33 men who each donated 50 dollars in 1958 to launch the PBA, won his first PBA title at the 1961 El Paso PBA Open, and took 12 PBA Tour titles in all, including two majors, the 1960 BPAA All-Star and the 1963 ABC Masters, which a 2008 PBA rule change credited retroactively. His best year was 1963, when he won three standard titles plus the ABC Masters and led the Tour in earnings with $30,557. Known for an unusual sideways delivery and a fiery manner on the lanes, he curtailed full-time bowling in 1971 and retired fully in 1975. He entered the PBA Hall of Fame in 1975 and the ABC (now USBC) Hall of Fame in 1978, and the PBA Tour annual points leader award now carries his name.