Elvin Earl Mesger (March 24, 1916, Rosebud, Missouri – October 14, 2001, Sullivan, Missouri[1]) was an American bowler, holder of the American Bowling Congress record for 800-or-better series (15). He also held the record (since broken) for most sanctioned perfect games, with an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records;[2] between 1958 and 1974, he had 27.[1] He scored his 13th, 14th and 15th perfect games in one day—a first for the ABC—then rolled four more 300s in three weeks.[citation needed]
Since 1985, Elvin Mesger's name had often been the subject of a question in each spring Almaniac World Trivia Contest based on The World Almanac And Book of Facts until the contest ended permanently in 2022.
References
edit- ^ a b Grasso, John; Hartman, Eric R. (August 7, 2014). Historical Dictionary of Bowling. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 208–209. ISBN 9780810880221. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ^ Tom Clark. "Bowling's magic number loses luster". USA Today.