Dorothy Ann Fothergill (born c. 1943) is an American former left-handed ten-pin bowler who competed in the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA). In a brief career that was cut short by injury, she won 12 titles on the PWBA Tour, including six major championships. She was named the Woman Bowler of the Year in 1968 and 1969, and defeated many top men's competitors in exhibition play. She sued the Professional Bowlers Association in 1970 when her application to compete in men's tournaments was rejected. She was inducted into the Women's International Bowling Congress (WIBC) Hall of Fame (later merged into the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame) in 1980. She was also one of the charter inductees into the PWBA Hall of Fame in 1995.
voted to reject it. Fothergill recounted the reaction of male bowlers to her application: "A lot of pros have told me, 'Now listen, Dotty, if it were only...
Betty Kuczynski 1966: Joy Abel 1967: Mildred Ignizio 1968: DottyFothergill 1969: DottyFothergill 1970: Mary Baker Harris 1971: Paula Carter 1972: Patty...
She is one of only four players in history (with Millie Martorella, DottyFothergill and Katsuko Sugimoto) to successfully defend a WIBC Queens title. Adamek...
Positive Here! Films Daryl Wein (director); Richard Berkowitz, Don Adler, Dotty Berkowitz, Susan Brown, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Richard Dworkin, William...
Perry to regret it. Cast: Richard Carlson (Clete Hawley), Sue Ann Langdon (Dotty Merrill), Lurene Tuttle (Henny McLeod), Chick Chandler (Riff Lawler): 194 ...
exaggeratedly upper class Rodney and Charles (Williams and Paddick), the genteel, dotty pensioners Ambrose and Felicity (Williams and Marsden), the hoarse-voiced...
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