Elvin Earl Mesger (March 24, 1916, Rosebud, Missouri – October 14, 2001, Sullivan, Missouri[1]) was an American bowler, holder of the American Bowling Congress record for 800-or-better series (15).
He also held the record (since broken) for most sanctioned perfect games, with an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records;[2] between 1958 and 1974, he had 27.
[1] He scored his 13th, 14th and 15th perfect games in one day—a first for the ABC—then rolled four more 300s in three weeks.
[citation needed] Since 1985, Elvin Mesger's name had often been the subject of a question in each spring Almaniac World Trivia Contest based on The World Almanac And Book of Facts until the contest ended permanently in 2022.