from "Bowlers Journal International" e-Bowler Newsletter
Bill Taylor, the groundbreaking ball driller, instructional icon and the man who tilted at some of the industry’s biggest windmills, died on his birthday June 30 in Monrovia, Calif. He was 84.
Taylor was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in March, although his family first noticed signs late last year. At least one family member said he died because of complications from the disease, including kidney failure.
Taylor was a thorn in the side to most of the American Bowling Congress hierarchy, but was always ready to back up his arguments with documentation
and research. He first gained widespread notice when he published two pamphlets about what he called “super soft conditions” in the early 1960s, and was described at various times as a genius, pest, savior, gadfly, savant and opportunist.
He was voted as one of coaching’s “pioneers” by Strike Ten Entertainment,
and was recognized as such at Bowl Expo 2009.
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