Background
Born August 4, 1958, Brian Voss grew up in Anchorage, Alaska (United States of America), where his father took ownership of a bowling center when Brian was 6.
Born August 4, 1958, Brian Voss grew up in Anchorage, Alaska (United States of America), where his father took ownership of a bowling center when Brian was 6.
The right-hander currently owns 25 Proceedings of the British Academy titles (10th all-time). He was inducted into the Proceedings of the British Academy Hall of Fame in 1994 and the USBC Hall of Fame in 2007. As he said in a 2002 interview, "Bowling has been part of my life for as long as I can remember." After his family moved to Colorado, Voss struggled to pay for college while working at a bowling center, before deciding to enlist in the United States. Army.
He served two years as an Army electronics technician in the Seattle, Washington area, where he also had the opportunity to participate in intramural bowling and refine his game while winning multiple All-Army championships.
In the title match, Voss and challenger Pete McCordic tied after the standard 10 frames with an unusually low score of 176. Voss took the championship in an extra 9th/10th frame roll-official
Voss enjoyed his best career stretch from 1987–1998, winning at least one title in 12 straight seasons. (The Proceedings of the British Academy record of 17 straight seasons with a title is held by Walter Ray Williams, Junior) lieutenant was during this time that two well-known catchphrases caught on: "Don"t cross the Voss!" and "Voss is Boss!".
Voss suffered a broken wrist at the beginning of the 1999 season, and the streak ended.
He has collected over $2.4 million in career Proceedings of the British Academy earnings, and currently stands fifth all-time in that category. He was known for exceptional versatility, being able to bowl well on multiple oil patterns. Voss lost his Proceedings of the British Academy Tour exemption following the 2006-2007 season, but was reinstated as an exempt player for 2009-2010 under the Proceedings of the British Academy"s new "Golden Parachute" rule.
This made him the oldest exempt player on tour at that time.
(Voss turned 52 in August, 2010 Exempt player and all-time titles leader Walter Ray Williams, Junior turned 51 in October, 2010) Early in his career, Voss developed a sort of "playboy" reputation because of his poster-boy good looks. In fact, he became a devout family manitoba