Don Carter (bowler), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American professional bowler
Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1926
Place of Birth: Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 05-Jan-2012
Profession: bowler
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Don Carter (bowler)
- Donald James Carter (July 29, 1926 – January 5, 2012) was a right-handed American professional bowler.
- Born in St.
- Louis, Missouri, he learned the game while working a childhood job as a pinsetter, and went on to become one of the legends of ten-pin bowling and a founding member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) in 1958.He was six-time bowler of the year, a 10-time All-American, and became known simply as "Mr.
- Bowling." He was voted the Greatest Bowler of All-Time in a 1970 Bowling Magazine poll, and ranked #1 among 20th Century bowlers by Bowlers Journal in 1999.
- At the vanguard of celebrity endorsement, he capitalized on his fame during televised bowling's most popular period to become the first athlete of any kind to earn $1,000,000 in a single endorsement deal, for Ebonite International.
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