A little more on Average books now that we have most of them digitized. The links below cover all the years (39) the annual Average Books were published. All books from 1997 to 2019 were submitted by the Tiffin Men’s Bowling Association. The other (1993/1994) was from a reader, and obviously not in the best of shape.

These books are probably the most important and best history records we will find. We don’t know of any other records that were kept pre-computer age, unless they are on paper somewhere, if someone kept them.

If you were a bowler in one of these years, your name is in there. It will show what league you bowled in, how many games you bowled in that league, how many pins you knocked down, and your average for that year. The books also contain a list of all the 300 games, 800 series, and all-time high team score, as well as the previous year’s City Tournament Champions.

According to the books, they began publishing them for the 1981/1982 bowling season. As you can see, we are missing a few – 15 to be exact – from the 1981/1982 version to the 1993/1994. This begs the question – how did they do this back in the early 1980s? Back in the early 1980s, our phones were still attached to the wall connected to a wire, and we haven’t yet heard of Microsoft Windows. How did they do those books, and where might they be? Without a doubt, the rest are out there – somewhere – maybe in a closet or bowling bag, waiting to be found.

You will also find, at the beginning of each book, the names of all the City Association Officers. The names have changed over the years, but the books continued to be published. We are very fortunate these people did such a good job for all those years. Great job and thank you very much. Without your efforts this site wouldn’t be possible.

Now we need to find a few more.