[2][3] Anthony is one of only three bowlers in history (with Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Norm Duke) to have reached the 40-title plateau on the PBA Tour.

Never brash or flashy in a crew-cut and plastic-frame "marshwood" style eyewear (which he abandoned for more modern frames later in his career), Anthony was dubbed "Square Earl" by fellow pro bowlers.

Though he did not cash in any of the three events, he had succeeded in learning how much he would need to improve before he could entertain any idea of going out on the PBA Tour full-time.

He led that season's first tournament going into the televised finals at Crestview Bowl in Wichita, Kansas, but lost the championship match to Skee Foremsky, finishing in second place.

[5] Anthony won the first of his 43 PBA titles[6] on June 7, 1970, when he defeated Allie Clarke at the Heidelberg Open in Seattle, Washington.

Earl also finished runner-up to fellow lefty Mike Aulby in the 1979 PBA National Championship.

After a nine-month layoff, Anthony won his second ABC Masters tournament in 1984, which at the time was not part of the PBA Tour.

He was a minor league baseball pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles organization before his days as a professional bowler.

He once set the course record at Crow Canyon Country Club in Danville, California with a scratch score of 64.He was married to Susie Anthony; and had a son, Mike, and two daughters, Tracy and Jeri.

[11] Anthony missed some time on the PBA Tour during the 1978 season after suffering a heart attack in June of that year.

[7] Earl Anthony died in 2001 due to head injuries sustained from falling down a flight of stairs at his friend Ed Baur's home in New Berlin, Wisconsin.

It was won by left-handed pro bowler Parker Bohn III, who beat Patrick Healey, Jr. in the final match 235 to 215.

[14] In a Sports Illustrated Magazine national vote he was named the 2nd Greatest Athlete in the history of the State of Washington (behind only former Gonzaga and NBA star John Stockton).

The PBA World Championship now uses the 43-foot Earl Anthony oil pattern, in honor of the man who won the event a record six times.