AMF operated a number of international bowling centers including Cannington Lanes in Perth, Australia, and another in Moonah, Australia. Bowlers at the centers could celebrate their scores getting hig ...

To the untrained eye, bowling equipment may all seem the same. But just as proprietors choose distinctive alley accessories such as seating and flooring, they also decide what bowling equipment to use ...

AMF was one of the most respected names in bowling, so it made sense that this unidentified bowler with the last name Schroeder would have felt proud to carry the name on a bowling bag, whether sponso ...

Part of the beauty of the AMF Pinspotter was providing easy access should repairs be needed. Proprietors often recruited maintenance workers to learn the ins and outs of the machinery, but if a pin or ...

For nearly 40 years, the pinnacle of success in team bowling was defined by the Budweisers record score of 3,858 set in 1958. The score was bested by exactly 10 points by the Hurst Bowling Supplies te ...

The ribbon cutting for Bird Bowl in Miami, Florida, was pushed back several months. It is no surprise given that the 40-lane center was on track to be the largest bowling center in the southern United ...

If pinsetting could be automated and made simpler, why couldn’t ball return? The AMF Magic Circle, released a few years after the Pinspotter, addressed this very concern. The circular revolving tray h ...

The AMF Pinspotter transformed the bowling industry. While the exterior of a lane equipped with the Pinspotter displayed the AMF logo or Magic Triangle Pindicator, the interior held a complicated maze ...

Dick Weber remained one of bowling’s top stars even in his older years. He took home the title at the 1983 Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Senior Championship in St. Louis, Missouri. The win ga ...