Pete McCordic

{{short description|American professional ten-pin bowler (born 1953)}}

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Pete McCordic (born October 30, 1953) of Katy, Texas is a retired professional 10-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), bowling on the PBA Tour from 1973 to 1994. During his tenure on the tour, Pete won two titles along with five runner-up finishes plus an additional 25 appearances in the top five.{{cite web |title=Pete McCordic Career PBA Stats |url=https://mcubed.net/bowling/zzpetemccordic.shtml |website=mcubed.net |access-date=21 April 2025}}

At the Greater Los Angeles Open on January 31, 1987, McCordic rolled a 300 game in his opening finals match against Wayne Webb.{{cite web |title=PBA Televised 300 Game #4: Pete McCordic |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39dcsy69ZPM |website=youtube.com |publisher=Professional Bowlers Association |access-date=21 April 2025}} It was the fourth perfect game that was televised in PBA History, ending a 13 year drought of televised perfect games since Jim Stefanich's 300 at the 1974 Midas Open.{{cite news |last1=Snyder |first1=Don |title=To Loser McCordic Go Spoils : His 300 Game Earns Him $100,000; Winner Karlsson Gets $18,000 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-02-01-sp-341-story.html |access-date=6 March 2025 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=Feb 1987}} During the PBA's 60th anniversary season in 2018, McCordic’s perfect game was ranked the fourth-most memorable moment in its tour history.{{cite web |last1=Dougherty |first1=Pete |title=PBA got it (mostly) right in list of memorable moments |url=https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/PBA-got-it-mostly-right-in-list-of-memorable-12729801.php |website=timesunion.com |publisher=Times Union |date=5 March 2018}}

Both of McCordic's PBA titles were won during the 1988 season. At the PBA Fresno Open on May 28, McCordic qualified for the finals as the top seed and then proceeded to outlast Rey Perez 258–230 in the title match that included nine strikes in a row at the end.{{cite web |last1=Brantley |first1=Duncan |title=A Roundup of the Week May 23-29 |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1988/06/06/a-roundup-of-the-week-may-23-29 |website=vault.si.com |publisher=Sports Illustrated |access-date=21 April 2025 |date=6 June 1988}} At the PBA Miller Lite Challenge in Tucson on July 6, McCordic needed to win four matches in the final rounds to win the tournament, which includes his 236–180 upset victory over Walter Ray Williams, Jr. in the title match.{{cite web |title=THIS DAY IN BOWLING HISTORY - July 6 |url=http://www.ncausbca.org/bowlmag/archives/day_0706.htm |website=ncaba.org |publisher=Bowl Magazine |access-date=21 April 2025}}

From the fall of 1996 until 2022, McCordic served as the Southwest Regional Director for the PBA. Soonafter his retirement as a director, he was elected to the PBA Hall of Fame class of 2023 for meritorious service.{{cite web |last1=Goodger |first1=Jef |title=Boresch, McCordic, Borden Elected to PBA Hall of Fame |url=https://www.pba.com/2022/november/boresch-mccordic-borden-elected-pba-hall-fame |website=pba.com |publisher=Professional Bowlers Association |date=17 November 2022}}