Dot Wilkinson Explained

Dot Wilkinson
Birth Name:Dorothy Elsie Wilkinson
Birth Date:9 October 1921
Birth Place:South Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Death Place:Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Sport:Softball, ten-pin bowling

Dorothy Elsie Wilkinson (October 9, 1921 – March 18, 2023) was an American softball player and bowler, who is a member of the halls of fame in both sports.

Life and career

Wilkinson played softball from 1933 to 1965, helping her team, the Phoenix Ramblers, to the national title in 1940,[1] 1948,[1] [2] and 1949.[3] [1] She was an All-American nineteen seasons as an amateur softball player.[4] Among her feats, she batted an average of .455 in 1954, .450 in 1955, and .387 on the Ramblers championship runner up year of 1957.[3] [1]

As a professional bowler, she won the Women's International Bowling Queen's Tournament (a bowling triple crown event) in 1962, and the WIBC singles in 1963.[5]

Wilkinson was inducted into the National Softball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1970, her first year of eligibility.[6] She was inducted into the International Bowling Hall of Fame twenty years later, in 1990.[7] [8]

Wilkinson occasionally attended high school, college and tournament softball games in Arizona, where she and some of her former teammates were honored frequently. The Arizona Republic newspaper chose her at number eight among Arizona's all-time greatest athletes in 1999.[9]

As of April 2020, Wilkinson was the oldest living member of the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame.[10] She turned 100 in October 2021,[11] and died in Phoenix on March 18, 2023, at the age of 101.[12] [13]

Honours

AssociationYearresults
National Softball Hall of Fame and Museum1970
International Bowling Hall of Fame1990
Arizona Sports Hall of Fame1975

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fast Pitch Softball History. 2009-10-02.
  2. News: Phoenix Ramblers Softball Champions. Ellensburg Daily Record. September 21, 1948. 2009-10-02.
  3. Web site: Brakettes- National Tournaments. 2009-10-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080820100710/http://www.stratfordbrakettes.com/national_tournaments.htm. 2008-08-20.
  4. News: Dot Wilkinson A female Yogi Berra. Sports Illustrated. October 17, 1960. 2009-09-26.
  5. News: Tyers. Tim. What's up with . . . Dottie Wilkinson. The Arizona Republic. July 3, 2007. 2009-10-02.
  6. Web site: Dot Wilkinson Bio . American Softball Association . September 4, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140707052522/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Softball/About/National-Softball-Hall-of-Fame/Members . July 7, 2014.
  7. Web site: Welcome to the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame: Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame, Superior Performance . 2009-10-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090206035326/http://bowlingmuseum.com/wibc.asp . February 6, 2009 .
  8. Web site: International Bowling Museum Hall of Fame . Spring 2007 . 2009-09-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070710004520/http://www.bowlingmuseum.com/NewsLetterSpring07.pdf . July 10, 2007 .
  9. News: Metcalfe. Jeff. Whatever it took to win: Dot Wilkinson not a good loser. The Arizona Republic. December 18, 1999. C 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121023005807/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/azcentral/access/1846119011.html?dids=1846119011:1846119011&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Dec+18,+1999&author=Jeff+Metcalfe&pub=Arizona+Republic&edition=&startpage=C.1&desc=CORR-WHATEVER+IT+TOOK+TO+WIN+DOT+WILKINSON+NOT+A+GOOD+LOSER. dead. October 23, 2012. 2009-10-02.
  10. https://eu.azcentral.com/story/sports/2020/04/13/fast-pitch-softball-legend-dot-wilkinson-staying-safe-during-coronavirus-pandemic/2980872001/ 98-year-old softball Hall of Famer Dot Wilkinson staying safe during pandemic
  11. Web site: Oldest living Arizona Sports Hall of Famer Dot Wilkinson turns 100. AZ Central. 10 October 2021.
  12. News: McLeod . Justin . Softball Legend Dot Wilkinson Passes Away . 21 March 2023 . Extra Inning Softball . 20 March 2023.
  13. News: Sainty . Lane . Arizona sporting legend and 'softball royalty' Dot Wilkinson dies at 101 . 21 March 2023 . AZ Central . 20 March 2023.

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