40+ years sanctioned/certified competition in MN.

Averaged 200+ for several years in the 1960’s & 70’s.

High Series of 784 in 1961 which was the city record in Mankato at the time.

1-300 game at Lincoln Lanes in 1958.

Dan served more than 40 years as a bowling proprietor in Morgan, MN, and bowling center manager at Mankato State University. For 32 years, he served as a bowling coach, league, conference, and tournament coordinator at MSU. He was one of the founders of the Midwest Intercollegiate Bowling Conference (MIBC) to include women’s teams for the first time. He was President of the MIBC for 20 years, which included a total of 16 colleges. For over 20 years, he coordinated all aspects of running the conference which included scheduling, record keeping, coordinating tournaments, awards, financial management, travel arrangements, and acting as a parent figure for many student bowlers. He was national regional and regional bowling tournament Director for the Association of College Unions International Tournament Director for nine years. He started a collegiate scholarship program through the MIBC conference to award scholarship funds to the high Men’s and Women’s All Events Champions at the conference tournament.

Dan was a YABA board member at the National and State level and served on YABA’s National Collegiate Coaches Committee. On 5/11/90, at “Bowlers Night at the Dome”, YABA acknowledged Dan’s achievements in collegiate bowling by giving him the honor of throwing out the first pitch at the Twins game. In 1993, YABA awarded him for his “many years of dedicated service to collegiate bowling”.

Dan served on the Mankato City Association Board of Directors for eight years. He was a master Brunswick pinsetter mechanic and helped numerous bowling centers in Minnesota when they had pinsetter problems.

Dan was inducted as a Charter Member of the Mankato Area Hall of Fame in 2008.

Dan would like to acknowledge the support provided by his wife, Bonnie, as co-proprietor and as Assistant & Coach at MSU.