Rolling Down Memory Lane with Bob Allison

At 78, the Bloomfield Hills resident and longtime host of "Bowling for Dollars" is now a staple of Detroit radio from 9-11 a.m. weekdays. But he still makes time for rolling with it at a local alley.

When it comes to Michigan sports celebrities, it’s not likely names like Marion Ladewig and Eddie Lubanski will ring a bell, although Don Carter or Aleta Sills might be a bit more familiar – at least to bowling fans. For most people in Metro Detroit, local bowling memories are far more likely to raise the name of Bob Allison, the affable host of Detroit’s iconic 1970s TV show, Bowling for Dollars. The Bloomfield Hills resident and longtime radio personality owned TV bowling airwaves from 1973 to 1979, where his version of the nationally syndicated show received a 50 share of television viewers. Today, Allison, 78, matter-of-factly says that half of all Detroit-area TVs were tuned to his show on Channel 4 — first at 5:30 p.m., then later at…

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