Bob Learn Jr.

Veterans

Bob Learn Jr.
City: Erie
State: PA
Inducted: 2020

Learn Jr. joined the PBA Tour in 1981, winning five titles, including the 1999 U.S. Open. In 1996, he rolled a 300 game in the opening match of the PBA Flagship Open finals, the 10th perfect game in a televised PBA event, to earn a $100,000 bonus and the nickname Mr. 300. He then posted games of 270, 280 and 279 to win the title and shatter the highest two-game (570), three-game (850), and four-game (1,129) series in PBA television history.

He also owns three PBA50 titles and, in 2017, made the stepladder finals in six of 11 events.

A three-time member of Senior Team USA, he earned a gold medal in team at the 2015 IBF Masters World Championships in Las Vegas and captured gold in doubles and team at the 2017 event in Unterfohring, Germany. He won bronze in mixed team at the 2021 edition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

He won the ESPY Award for bowling in 1997, was a Bowlers Journal All-America first-team selection in 1995-1996, and a USBC first-team All-American in 1996 and 1999. He is a member of the Erie Bowling Association and Pennsylvania State Halls of Fame.