The Professional Bowlers Association recently announced its list of the sport's "50 Greatest Players in PBA History."

What a list.

Among the best of all time are Walter Ray Williams Jr., Dick Weber and Earl Anthony, who dominated bowling from the 1950s through the last decade.

The list, which also includes all-time greats like Don Carter, Mark Roth and Pete Weber, was selected from an original group of 100. A committee of 34 people, including members of the media, bowling industry and coaches, made the selections.

Later this summer, the committee will have the extremely difficult task of ranking the players 1 through 50.

The 50 Greatest Players will be introduced as part of a gala celebration for the golden anniversary of the PBA Tour at the Tournament of Champions Jan. 19-25 at Red Rock Lanes in Las Vegas.

Who's your all-time best? Do you have a favorite top 10? By the way, it was great to see Kingston's Dave Ferrara on the list. What a super guy. Many people compete in his tournament every year, and he comes to the Capital Region every once in a while to compete or to watch his son, who was a member of the Hudson Valley Community College team.

Here are the top 50 in alphabetical order:

Allen, Bill
Allen, Patrick
Anthony, Earl
Asher, Barry
Aulby, Mike
Baker, Tom
Ballard Jr., Del
Barnes, Chris
Berardi, Joe
Bohn III, Parker
Burton, Nelson
Carter, Don
Cook, Steve
Couch, Jason
Davis, Dave
Dickinson, Gary
Duke, Norm
Durbin, Mike
Ferraro, Dave
Godman, Jim
Guenther, John
Hardwick, Billy
Holman, Marshall
Hudson, Tommy
Husted, Dave
Johnson, Don
Jones, Tommy
Kent, Doug
Koivuniemi, Mika
Laub, Larry
McGrath, Mike
Monacelli, Amleto
Ozio, David
Pappas, George
Pedersen, Randy
Petraglia, Johnny
Ritger, Dick
Roth, Mark
Salvino, Carmen
Smith, Harry
Soutar, Dave
Stefanich, Jim
Strampe, Bob
Voss, Brian
Webb, Wayne
Weber, Dick
Weber, Pete
Williams Jr., Walter Ray
Wiseman, Danny
Zahn, Wayne