Dot Wilkinson

Dot Wilkinson
Personal information
Birth nameDorothy Elsie Wilkinson
Born(1921-10-09)October 9, 1921
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
DiedMarch 18, 2023(2023-03-18) (aged 101)
Sport
SportSoftball, ten-pin bowling

Dorothy Elsie Wilkinson (October 9, 1921 โ€“ March 18, 2023) was an American former softball player and bowler, who is a member of the halls of fame in both sports.

Career

Wilkinson played softball from 1933 to 1965, helping her team, the Phoenix Ramblers, to the national title in 1940, 1948, and 1949. She was an All-American nineteen seasons as an amateur softball player. Among her feats, she batted an average of .455 in 1954, .450 in 1955, and .387 on the Ramblers championship runner up year of 1957.

As a professional bowler, she won the Women's International Bowling Queen's Tournament (a bowling triple crown event) in 1962, and the WIBC singles in 1963.

She was inducted into the National Softball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1970, her first year of eligibility. She was inducted into the International Bowling Hall of Fame twenty years later, in 1990.

Wilkinson occasionally attended high school, college and tournament softball games in Arizona, where she and some of her former teammates were honored frequently. The Arizona Republic newspaper chose her at number eight among Arizona's all-time greatest athletes in 1999. As of April 2020, Wilkinson was the oldest living member of the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame at the age of 98. She turned 100 in October 2021.

Honours

Association Year results
National Softball Hall of Fame and Museum 1970 Honoured
International Bowling Hall of Fame 1990 Honoured
Arizona Sports Hall of Fame 2020 Honoured

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