Nelson Burton, Jr.

Nelson "Bo" Burton Jr. (born June 5, 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a professional ten-pin bowler, PBA Hall of Famer, and former longtime analyst for the Professional Bowlers Tour on ABC Television. He is the son of Nelson Burton, Sr., who himself was a successful bowler in his day, competing with the likes of Glenn Allison and Billy Welu. Bo compiled 18 titles on the PBA Tour and earned $763,782 (USD).

Burton won his first title in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 20, 1964, at age 22. He was the 1970 PBA Player of the Year, winning four titles and leading the tour in average. Burton won major titles at the 1976 ABC Masters and the 1978 BPAA U.S. Open. He twice finished runner-up in the PBA National Championship major (1966 and 1968).

Both Burton and his father are members of the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Hall of Fame. Burton Jr. is also a member of the PBA Hall of Fame, elected in 1979. His 18th and final PBA tour title came in 1984 at the AMF Angle Open in his hometown of St. Louis. In that tournament, Burton set a record for a televised four-game pin total with a combined score of 1,050 (278-279-257-236). This record stood until 1995 when it was broken by David Ozio with a score of 1,070. That record subsequently fell in 1996 when Bob Learn Jr. famously shot 300 in the opening TV match of the PBA Flagship Open in his hometown of Erie, PA en route to a now-record four-game total of 1,129. Burton was ranked #15 on the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years."

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