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The son of
Italian and Hispanic parents, Monacelli speaks fluent Italian, Spanish, and English. He was an accomplished soccer player in his teen years, but increased his participation in bowling when his parents took ownership of a bowling center in Venezuela. By age 17, he decided to pursue bowling
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in the final match. Monacelli was selected as the 2012 PBA Senior Rookie of the Year, becoming the first international player to earn the award. He went on to win eight more PBA50 Tour titles through the 2019 season, including a repeat win in the 2013 Senior U.S. Open and another major win at the
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2015 USBC Senior
Masters. Monacelli won his fourth PBA50 major title at the PBA50 National Championship on August 17, 2016. On June 9, 2019, Monacelli won the USBC Senior Masters for a second time, earning his fifth PBA50 Tour major overall.
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While continuing to bowl in selected events on the PBA Tour, Monacelli also joined the PBA Senior Tour (now PBA50 Tour) in 2012 and became the first international player to win the Senior U.S. Open by defeating all-time PBA titles leader
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Monacelli joined the PBA in 1982, and he won his first PBA Tour event in the 1987 Japan Cup. Amleto's style typified that of the modernizing game of bowling, as he was one of the first bowlers to successfully use the powerful
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Monacelli failed to qualify for a PBA exemption in the 2007–08 and 2008-09 seasons, but regained his exemption for 2009-10. He appeared in the TV finals at the 2009-10
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in the final. Ending an 11-year title drought on the standard PBA Tour, the 54-year old
Monacelli became the third-oldest player to win a PBA Tour title, behind
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have since also earned this distinction). Monacelli repeated as Player of the Year in 1990, a year in which he also won the George Young High
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The PBA recognized
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also joined this group in 2022.) He is also one of eight players in history to win a PBA Tour or PBA50 Tour title in five different decades, joining
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Points Leader and PBA Player of the Year awards. This marked the first time an international player had won PBA Player of the Year honors (
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Hall of Fame. In addition to his PBA Tour titles, he has won ten titles on the PBA50 Tour, including five majors.
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winning a 2019 standard PBA Tour title a month shy of his 55th birthday, Monacelli is now fourth on this list.
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Monacelli is the manager of the Las Vegas High
Rollers PBA Elite League team, which won the
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On July 5, 2021, Monacelli won his tenth PBA50 Tour title at the PBA50
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1990 Cambridge Credit Mixed
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2015 PBA50 Northern California Classic, Brentwood, Calif.
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2016 PBA50 Fountain Valley Open, Fountain Valley, Calif.
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2022 PBA60 Tristan's T.A.P.S. Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
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1989 Cambridge Credit Mixed Doubles w/Tish Johnson (
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2014 PBA50 Pasco County Open, New Port Richey, Fla.
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938:Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela
599:2021 USBC Super Senior Classic, Las Vegas, Nevada
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236:. Qualifying as the #2 seed, Monacelli defeated
871:"MONACELLI WINS 2021 USBC SUPER SENIOR CLASSIC"
848:"PBA50 Odessa Open presented by Diamond Lanes"
532:2016 DHC PBA Japan Invitational (Tokyo, Japan)
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314:Open. With this victory, Monacelli joined
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933:Pan American Games medalists in bowling
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752:Manzione, Gianmarc (January 2, 2012).
524:2005 Jackson-Hewitt Tax Service Open (
425:Budweiser Touring Players Championship
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16:Venezuelan ten-pin bowler (born 1961)
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869:Winters, Jill (September 13, 2021).
775:Hughes, Nolan (September 17, 2024).
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76:https://www.amletomonacelli.com/
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27:Personal information
584:USBC Senior Masters
564:USBC Senior Masters
498:Lexington, Kentucky
414:1989 Wichita Open (
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682:"Amleto Monacelli"
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510:Bay City, Michigan
490:Sayville, New York
234:Japan Invitational
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280:El Nacional
265:Tommy Jones
261:Dick Ritger
204:Harry Smith
180:pro staff.
101:Rookie year
91:Affiliation
892:Categories
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666:August 25,
629:References
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332:Dick Weber
324:Pete Weber
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250:Buzz Fazio
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396:Las Vegas
356:Norm Duke
316:Tom Baker
291:Elias Cup
254:Norm Duke
220:Australia
178:Brunswick
147:Brunswick
134:300-games
124:(1 major)
832:June 10,
758:Bowl.com
686:bowl.com
607:Personal
189:PBA Tour
167:PBA Tour
143:Sponsors
122:PBA Tour
854:July 6,
781:pba.com
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