Brian Voss
With a signature high backswing and relentless consistency, he dominated professional bowling lanes for over two decades, amassing 25 tour titles.
Born 1958 (age 68)·American professional ten-pin bowler·Birthday: August 4·Baby Boomers
Biography
Brian Voss won at least one Professional Bowlers Association title for 17 consecutive seasons. The right-hander from New York used a distinctive, towering backswing that generated formidable power and pin action. His sole major victory came at the 1988 Touring Players Championship. Voss's charismatic personality and clean-cut image made him a natural television presence, boosting bowling's profile during the 1980s and 1990s. He was inducted into both the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame. Born in 1958, Voss combined showman's flair with athlete's precision.
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
The largest generation in history at the time. Shaped by postwar prosperity, the Vietnam War, the sexual revolution, and Watergate. They questioned every institution their parents built — then ran them.
Brian was born in 1958, placing them squarely in the Baby Boomers. The events that shaped this generation — postwar prosperity, civil rights, Vietnam, and the counterculture — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
#1 When Brian Was Born
The biggest hits of 1958
#1 Movie
South Pacific
Best Picture
Gigi
#1 TV Show
Gunsmoke
Brian's Life & Times
The world at every milestone
1958Born
NASA founded
Gas: $0.31/galHome: $11,050Min wage: $1.00/hrPresident: Dwight D. Eisenhower"Volare" — Domenico ModugnoBest Picture: Gigi
1963Started school
JFK assassinated in Dallas; Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech
Gas: $0.31/galHome: $13,100Min wage: $1.25/hrPresident: Lyndon B. Johnson"Sugar Shack" — Jimmy Gilmer & The FireballsBest Picture: Tom Jones
1971Became a teenager
Voting age lowered to 18 in the US
Gas: $0.36/galHome: $18,100Min wage: $1.60/hrPresident: Richard Nixon"Joy to the World" — Three Dog NightBest Picture: The French Connection
1974Could drive
Nixon resigns the presidency
Gas: $0.53/galHome: $22,600Min wage: $2.00/hrPresident: Gerald Ford"The Way We Were" — Barbra StreisandBest Picture: The Godfather Part II
1976Could vote
Apple Computer founded; US bicentennial
Gas: $0.59/galHome: $29,300Min wage: $2.30/hrPresident: Gerald Ford"Silly Love Songs" — WingsBest Picture: Rocky
1979Turned 21
Iran hostage crisis begins; Three Mile Island accident
Gas: $0.86/galHome: $37,900Min wage: $2.90/hrPresident: Jimmy Carter"My Sharona" — The KnackBest Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer
1988Turned 30
Pan Am Flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie
Gas: $0.90/galHome: $74,800Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"Faith" — George MichaelBest Picture: Rain Man
1998Turned 40
Google founded; Clinton impeachment
Gas: $1.06/galHome: $107,300Min wage: $5.15/hrPresident: Bill Clinton"Too Close" — NextBest Picture: Shakespeare in Love
2008Turned 50
Barack Obama elected first Black US president; financial crisis
Gas: $3.27/galHome: $153,100Min wage: $6.55/hrPresident: George W. Bush"Low" — Flo RidaBest Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
2018Turned 60
Royal wedding of Harry and Meghan; Parkland shooting
Gas: $2.72/galHome: $211,800Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Donald Trump"God's Plan" — DrakeBest Picture: Green Book
2026Age 68 today
Gas: $3.91/galPresident: Donald Trump
Key Achievements
- Won 25 titles on the PBA Tour, with victories spanning 17 consecutive seasons from 1979 to 1995.
- Captured the 1988 PBA Touring Players Championship, his sole major tournament victory.
- Inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1994, just 12 years after joining the tour.
- Earned induction into the USBC Hall of Fame in 2007 for his superior performance.
Did You Know?
He was a standout baseball player in his youth and was offered a minor league contract by the Baltimore Orioles organization.
He won the PBA's Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award in 1989.
He has also found success on the senior tour, winning titles on both the PBA50 and PBA60 tours.
“You don't just throw the ball; you command the lane.”
