Mike McGrath

Mike McGrath (1946 to 2017) was an American professional bowler and a member of the Professional Bowlers Association. On tour he won ten titles, three of them majors, finished runner-up six times and placed in the top five another twenty-two times. At the 1965 Portland PBA Open he became the first bowler to win a title in his first tour event, he was the first to win back-to-back PBA National Championships, in 1969 and 1970, and at the 1969 Cougar Open in Paramus he went undefeated in a 16-game match play format. His last major was the 1973 U.S. Open at Madison Square Garden, where he beat Earl Anthony 234-222. After his last PBA season in 1975 he became a long-time writer and columnist for Bowlers Journal. He entered the PBA Hall of Fame in 1988 and the USBC Hall of Fame in 1993, and ranked 39th on the PBA's list of its 50 greatest players of the last 50 years.