Career
Born in Palermo, Sicily, Marino came to Chicago when he was 11 years old, and started bowling in 1912 while working as a barber. In 1930 Marino moved to Milwaukee to open a bowling alley, but joined the Heil Products team and soon became a global star on the bowling circuit. In 1951 a national newspaper poll named him Bowler of the Half-Century.
The 1999 Bowlers Journal ranking of 20th Century bowlers rated him #4.
Marino rolled five 800 series and 11 300 games. He was elected to the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.
Around 1941 he marketed Hank Marino"s Miniature Bowling Alley.