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==Perfect (300) game history==
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[[File:Bowling trophy 300 game winner 20181106 064933 01.jpg|thumb|right | A USBC "300 game" gold ring]]
Ernest Fosberg (East Rockford, Illinois) bowled the first recognized 300 in 1902, before awards were given out.<ref name=BBcomTrivia1-2004/> In 1908, A.C. Jellison and Homer Sanders (both of St. Louis) each bowled 300 games in the same season, the ABC awarding the gold medal for the highest score of the year to Jellison after a three-game tie-breaker match, without regard to the chronological order of their accomplishments.<ref name=BBcomTrivia1-2004>{{cite web |title=Bowling Trivia 1 |url=https://www.bowlingball.com/info/trivia1.html |publisher=BowlingBall.com ("Info" section) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050921063536/https://www.bowlingball.com/info/trivia1.html |archive-date=September 21, 2005 |date=2004 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On January 7, 2006, Elliot John Crosby became the youngest British bowler to bowl a BTBA-sanctioned 300 game at the age of 12 years, 2 months and 10 days, breaking the 1994 record of Rhys Parfitt (age 13 years, 4 months).<ref name=BowlingDigital20060115>{{cite web |title=Elliot Crosby becomes the youngest player in the UK to shoot 300 |url=https://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/418 |website=BowlingDigital.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230010636/https://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/418 |archive-date=December 30, 2010 |date=January 15, 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On November 17, 2013, Hannah Diem (Seminole, Florida) became the youngest American bowler to bowl a USBC-certified 300 game at the age of 9 years, 6 months and 19 days, breaking the 2006 record of Chaz Dennis (age 10) and the 2006 female record of Brandie Reamy (age 12).<ref name=USBC20131120>{{cite web |last1=Cannizzaro |first1=Matt |title=Florida Bowler Becomes Youngest to Bowl 300 Game |url=https://bowl.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?id=23622320597 |website=bowl.com (United States Bowling Congress, USBC) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127094613/https://bowl.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?id=23622320597 |archive-date=January 27, 2019 |date=November 20, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Jeremy Sonnenfeld (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) rolled the first certified [[900 series (bowling)|900 series]] in 1997.<ref name=BBcomTrivia2-2004>{{cite web |title=Bowling Trivia 2 |url=https://www.bowlingball.com/info/trivia2.html |publisher=BowlingBall.com ("Info" section) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127035544/https://www.bowlingball.com/info/trivia2.html |archive-date=January 27, 2019 |date=2004 |url-status=live }}</ref> A well-publicized court-contested 900 series by [[Glenn Allison]] in 1982, considered by many to be the first-ever 900 series, was denied certification due to non-conforming lane conditions.<ref name=BowlComAllison20141122>{{cite web |last1=Bigham |first1=Terry |title=USBC Concludes Re-evaluation of Glenn Allison 900 Series |url=https://www.bowl.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?id=23622323089 |website=bowl.com (United States Bowling Congress, USBC) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210132031/https://www.bowl.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?id=23622323089 |archive-date=December 10, 2014 |date=November 22, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>