Mark Roth

Mark Roth (born April 10, 1951) is an American retired professional bowler. He is also known for being the first professional bowler to convert a 7-10 split on national television.[1]

For the biochemist and cell biologist, see Mark Roth (scientist).
Mark Roth
Born (1951-04-10) April 10, 1951
Brooklyn, New York City
NationalityAmerican
Years active1970–2009
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Bowling Information
AffiliationPBA
Rookie year1970
Dominant handRight
Wins34 PBA Tour (2 majors)
2 PBA50 Tour
SponsorsBrunswick

Bowling career

Roth is a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Hall of Fame (inducted 1987) and the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Hall of Fame (inducted 2009).[2] He is notable for being the first bowler to pick up the 7-10 split on television on January 5, 1980 at the ARC Alameda Open at Mel's Southshore Bowl in Alameda, California.[3]

Awards and recognition
  • Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 2014.[4][5]

Post-career

Around 2002 Mark ran a bowling center in Ellwood City, PA called 'Mark Roth's Hall of Fame Lanes'. This lasted about 6 months and the partnership dissolved. [6]

On June 4, 2009, Roth suffered a stroke which has left him partially paralyzed on his left side.[7]

His rehabilitation is ongoing, but Roth was seen in late March 2010 on his feet and moving around at the Geico Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship, a PBA Tournament named in his honor.[8]


He spent a week in intensive care after a heart attack in April 2019.[9]

Personal life

Roth and his wife Denise[10] reside in Fulton, New York.[7] He is Jewish.[4][5]

In the media
gollark: IBSG3xx:45:23AR at xx:43:20(I really hope I got the numbers right...)
gollark: In that case, not cancelling, I guess.
gollark: Of all the stuff to run out of... I'm cancelling one experiment due to lack of Magis.
gollark: My experiments are today in about five hours; I'll post the codes/times when I get home.
gollark: I mean, autorefresher extensions are allowed, right?

See also

Notes
  1. PBABowling, PBA 60th Anniversary Most Memorable Moments #8 - Mark Roth Converts 7-10 Split, retrieved January 12, 2019
  2. Vint, Bill. "Roth, Petraglia, Macpherson elected to USBC Hall of Fame", bowl.com, January 7, 2009.
  3. Mark Roth's 1980 televised 7-10 Split spare on YouTube
  4. Schwartz, Peter (September 12, 2014). "National Jewish Sports Hall Of Fame Welcomes Its 2014 Class". CBS News. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  5. National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame induction, newsday.com; accessed June 4, 2017.
  6. https://archive.triblive.com/news/hall-of-famer-mark-roth-relocates-to-area/
  7. Waggoner, Jim (June 5, 2009). "Bowling hall-of-famer Mark Roth recovering from recent stroke". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
  8. Schneider, Jerry. "Roth-Petraglia Reunion at PBA Geico Mark Roth Championship Brings Back Tour Memories", pba.com, March 25, 2010.
  9. D'Amodio, Joe (May 2, 2019). "Bowling great Mark Roth suffers heart attack". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  10. Official website for Mark Roth
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