Marion Von Oosten Ladewig

Marion Von Oosten Ladewig

Professional Bowler

Marion Ladewig was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She began her career at age 23 by learning to bowl at the old Fanatorium bowling alley on Jefferson Ave. She was named Female Bowler of the Year by the Bowling Writers Association of America nine times between 1950 and 1963, she is the all-time leader in U.S. Women’s Open championships with eight. Ladewig is the only woman to win WIBC City, State and National events in the same year. In the December 1999 issue of Bowlers Journal International, Ladewig was rated the best woman bowler of the 20th Century and seventh overall. Marion Ladewig was inducted into the Women’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1984, the International Bowling Hall of Fame in 1991, the Professional Women Bowlers Hall of Fame in 1995 and was the first women inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1959. She passed away on April 16, 2010 at 95 years of age.