Sylvia Martin

Background

Wene is Jewish, and was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Career

She was the first female bowler to score a perfect game in sanctioned competition (on March 28, 1951), and the first to bowl three sanctioned perfect games. She was elected to the Women"s International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 1966. She was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1979, and the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.

Achievements

• Wene won the BPAA Individual Match Game Title in 1955 and 1960, and was named Woman Bowler of the Year by the Bowling Writers Association of America in both of those years.

Membership

She was a member of the All-America teams in 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, and 1962.