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As expected, Patrick Allen, Mika Koivuniemi elected to PBA Hall of Fame; veteran writer Bob Johnson, long-time PBA host Jim Doty also to be inducted

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Monday, October 1, 2018 5:00 pm
As expected, Patrick Allen, Mika Koivuniemi elected to PBA Hall of Fame; veteran writer Bob Johnson, long-time PBA host Jim Doty also to be inducted
Photo illustration by Pro Bowlers Association.
As I detailed in this story, I found PBA Hall of Fame voting to be a no-brainer this year with Mika Koivuniemi and Patrick Allen the nominees on the Superior Performance ballot for the Class of 2019. Koivuniemi won 14 PBA Tour titles, including the 2000 USBC Masters, 2001 U.S. Open and 2011 PBA Tournament of Champions that paid $250,000, and he later added the 2018 Suncoast Senior U.S. Open, while Allen won 13 PBA Tour titles, including the PBA World Championship in 2005 and the Tournament of...