Hall of Famer D.D. Jacobson dies at age 90
June 27, 2011
D.D. Jacobson, a member of the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame, died May 30 at age 90.
Jacobson, a resident of Sandy, Utah, didn't start bowling until she was 29. An avid skier, her doctor suggested she try something less strenuous when she became pregnant, and she turned to bowling.
She won the 1964 Women's International Bowling Congress (now USBC) Queens tournament, having to twice beat future hall of famer Shirley Garms to claim the title. She finished seventh at the Queens in 1965 and third in 1967.
Jacobson rolled a record 737 series to claim the singles title at the 1972 WIBC Championships in Kansas City, Mo. She said she was embarrassed after bowling identical 479 series in team and doubles.
"I was ready to pack up, go home and skip the Queens if I didn't do any better in singles," Jacobson said during an interview with The Woman Bowler magazine in 1981. "So I went for broke and changed my line to a deep inside angle. I'm sure I was more surprised than anyone else at the results."
She also won a team title at the 1967 WIBC Championships in Rochester, N.Y.
Jacobson's first national title came in 1960 as a member of the team that won the Bowling Proprietors' of America team championship in Detroit. Her team would also take second in the event in 1963 and 1964. A California resident for many years, she won California WBA singles titles in 1961 and 1972 and team titles in 1960 and 1969.
She was inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame for Superior Performance in 1981.
Jacobson, a resident of Sandy, Utah, didn't start bowling until she was 29. An avid skier, her doctor suggested she try something less strenuous when she became pregnant, and she turned to bowling.
She won the 1964 Women's International Bowling Congress (now USBC) Queens tournament, having to twice beat future hall of famer Shirley Garms to claim the title. She finished seventh at the Queens in 1965 and third in 1967.Jacobson rolled a record 737 series to claim the singles title at the 1972 WIBC Championships in Kansas City, Mo. She said she was embarrassed after bowling identical 479 series in team and doubles.
"I was ready to pack up, go home and skip the Queens if I didn't do any better in singles," Jacobson said during an interview with The Woman Bowler magazine in 1981. "So I went for broke and changed my line to a deep inside angle. I'm sure I was more surprised than anyone else at the results."
She also won a team title at the 1967 WIBC Championships in Rochester, N.Y.
Jacobson's first national title came in 1960 as a member of the team that won the Bowling Proprietors' of America team championship in Detroit. Her team would also take second in the event in 1963 and 1964. A California resident for many years, she won California WBA singles titles in 1961 and 1972 and team titles in 1960 and 1969.She was inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame for Superior Performance in 1981.