Hall of Fame Inductees 2 - LIUSBC Long Island

Robert Cincotta

2004

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Rob Gotterbarn Jr.

2004

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Andy Varipapa

1965

Plainview Superior Performance Born in Italy, 12-year-old Andy Varipapa immigrated to Brooklyn in 1903. He learned to bowl while working as a pinboy at the Subway Bowling Academy in Williamsburg. By the time he moved to Hempstead in 1943, he was perhaps the world’s most famous bowler. Known for his spectacular trick shots, Varipapa’s 1934 appearance in the short film Strikes and Spares left little doubt that he was bowling’s greatest showman. Varipapa was an outstanding bowler. In 1946, he won the BPAA All-Star, a 100-game match-game tournament against the best bowlers in the country. What made his feat more remarkable was that Andy was 55 years old. To prove it was no fluke, he won it again in 1947, becoming the All-Star’s first repeat winner. A charter member of the Professional Bowler’s Association, Varipapa officially retired from competition in 1962 but spends 150 days per year traveling the country, giving exhibitions and clinics. Fans still pack houses to watch his trick shots and get tips from one of bowling’s all-time greats. He was named BPAA Bowler of the Year in 1948 and was inducted into the New York City Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 1951 and the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 1957. ADDENDUM After induction into the LIUSBC Hall of Fame, Varipapa was voted into the National Italian American Sports, New York State Bowling Association, Long Island Sports, and Bowling Coaches Halls of Fame. When named to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness in 1970, he was the oldest athlete and only bowler so honored. Bowlers Journal International named Varipapa their “Person of the Century” in 1988 and the “6th Greatest Bowler of the 20th Century” in 1999. Andy Varipapa died in 1984 at the age of 93.