Jack Biondolillo

Jack Joseph Biondolillo (1940 to 2021), a native of Houston, Texas, was an American professional bowler and a member of the Professional Bowlers Association. He won two PBA titles, both in 1963, the first at the Birmingham Coca-Cola PBA Open with a win over Don Carter in the final match, and he finished runner-up in a PBA tournament six times. He is best known for rolling the first televised perfect 300 game in PBA Tour history, on April 1, 1967, against Les Schissler in the opening match of the Firestone Tournament of Champions finals, the first 300 broadcast live on national television in the United States, watched by an estimated 15 million viewers on ABC. He went on to finish third and collected a 10,000 dollar bonus for the perfect game. An ankle injury in 1968 led to his retirement from the PBA in 1972, and he won the 1971 Japan Gold Cup on the Japanese professional tour. He entered the Greater Houston USBC Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Texas State Bowling Hall of Fame in 1988.