Meet Walt Steinsiek

Chris — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:02:00 GMT

Walt Steinsiek was born in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1926. His affection for and devotion to the game of bowling began when he was 12 and a pin boy at a local bowling alley ("alley" - that's what they used to call 'em before they started calling them "centers.")

Even then, though the subject matter wasn't always bowling, Walt was drawing cartoons.

In World War II, he proudly served in the U.S. Merchant Marine, sailing in convoys to Europe on tankers and Liberty ships. He was an active member in the Artists and Writers Club of the Seaman's Church Institute of New York City. He was gifted with a scholarship to New York University's School of Art in 1946.

In 1973, even though at the time it was considered to "too risqué" for publication, Walt penned an all-bowling book of cartoons entitled Balls - Bowling, of Course! , that was very well received.

As a sanctioned bowler, Steinsiek helped organize several leagues, many of which are still in existence in the Baltimore-Washington area. In 1980, he conceived, edited, and published the Baltimore (later Baltimore-Washington) Bowling News. After a dozen years of publication, the paper was sold, and its originator retired to Southern Florida.

Walt is a past president of the Bowling Writers Association of America (1988) and a life member of the Southern Bowling Writers Association. He has received the Joe Richards Meritorious Service Award from the N.Y. Bowling Writers Association and the Rip Van Winkle Award from the BWAA. He was inducted into the Greater Baltimore Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 1984 in its meritorious service category, and he recently was inducted into the NCABA Hall of Fame.

As a dedicated league bowler and fierce tournament competitor, Walt won the Kegler Bowling Club championship in 1971, beating out 650 entrants. In 1984, he was awarded the American Bowling Congress' Sponsor's Award for sponsoring the year's highest-scoring five-man team (3,704 three-game series).

More recently, he served as public relations chairman of the Florida Space Coast Bowling Association.

He and Jane, his wife of over 40 years, have a daughter named Denise.

Walt's cartoons and illustrations have appeared in bowling publications worldwide. He recently was under contract to the American Bowling Congress to furnish cartoons to be distributed to the bowling media. Many of those cartoons appear in A Funny Approach , A Funnier Approach , and his most recent book The Funniest Approach. The most recent was published and can be obtained by contacting the author.

Obviously, the love affair between the author and the wonderful and sometimes wacky world of bowling continues. Keep watch on this site and you will see.

Cartoons by Walt Steinsiek

Chris — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:00:05 GMT

Cartoons by Walt Steinsiek

These beautiful hand-drawings are from Walt Steinsiek's newest book "The Funniest Approach!" Every month we will be posting a new cartoon from this book. Check back at the beginning of every month and see another funny cartoon. The Foundation thanks Walt Steinsiek for allowing us to display these cartoons and for being a Foundation supporter .

Drawing from Steinsiek's "The Funniest Approach!"

To purchase "The Funniest Approach" send $8.95 per book to:
Walt Steinsiek
5337 Bison St.
Micco, FL 32976-7790

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Meet Walt Steinsiek

Cartoons by Walt Steinsiek