Shirley Garms

{{Short description|American tenpin bowler (1924–2018)}}

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| birth_date = January 18, 1924

| birth_place = Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|1|25|1924|1|18|mf=y}}

| death_place = Island Lake, Illinois, U.S.

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| country = United States

| sport = Ten-pin bowling

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Shirley M. Garms (January 18, 1924 – January 25, 2018) was an American tenpin bowler. In consecutive years, 1961 and 1962, she was named woman Bowler of the Year by the Bowling Writers' Association of America. She won the BPAA All-Star championship (later renamed the U.S. Women's Open) in 1962. She was inducted into the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 1971 and the PWBA Hall of Fame in 1995. She lived in Island Lake, Illinois.{{cite web |title=profile |publisher=USBC |work=bowl.com |accessdate=February 2, 2021 |url=https://www.bowl.com/Hall_of_Fame/Hall_of_Famers/Superior_Performance/Shirley_Garms/}}{{cite web |title=PWBA Hall of Fame (Inductees) |publisher=PWBA |accessdate=February 2, 2021 |url=https://pwba.com/Players/Hall-of-Fame}}{{cite web |title=Shirley Garms, USBC Hall of Fame Member, Dies at Age 94 |publisher=USBC |date=January 26, 2018 |url=https://bowl.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?id=23622330634}}

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