Walter Ray Williams, Jr. [SEP] place of birth
Walter Ray Williams Jr.
Walter Ray Williams Jr. (born October 6, 1959) is an American professional bowler and competitive horseshoes pitcher. He currently holds the record for all-time standard PBA Tour career titles (47) and total PBA earnings (over $4.9 million through July 2019). He is a seven-time PBA Player of the Year, and won at least one PBA Tour title in 17 consecutive seasons (1993 through 2009-10); both of these feats are also PBA records. He starred
in career earnings: Earl Anthony (1982)
- First to earn US$2 million in career earnings: Walter Ray Williams Jr. (1997).
- Most earnings in a single PBA season: Walter Ray Williams Jr. ($419,700 in 2002–03)
- First to earn US$3 million in career earnings: Walter Ray Williams Jr. (2002–03)
- Highest first-place prize awarded in a single professional bowling tournament: $250,000 in the 2011 PBA Tournament of Champions (won by Mika Koivuniemi)