Bob Learn, Jr.

Robert Learn Jr. (born April 4, 1962) is a professional ten-pin bowler and bowling coach. He formerly competed on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour and is currently active on the PBA50 Tour. He is nicknamed "Mr. 300", having rolled over 100 perfect games between PBA and sanctioned USBC competition. Learn was inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame (Veterans category) in 2020. He is also a member of the Erie Bowling and Pennsylvania State Bowling Halls of Fame.

Learn Jr. is a member of the Brunswick pro staff.

Bowling career Learn became a PBA member in 1981, bowling mostly in PBA Regional Tour events until joining the national PBA Tour full-time in 1984. He won five PBA Tour titles during his career, including a major at the 1999 U.S. Open, but is most noted for:

Rolling the PBA's 10th televised 300 game in the opening match of the final round at the PBA Flagship Open, earning a $100,000 bonus. This was easily the highest-scoring televised finals in PBA Tour history, as the four opponents Learn bowled against (Johnny Petraglia, John Mazza, Parker Bohn III, and Randy Pedersen) combined for 1,084 pins, 14 more than Ozio's 4-game record.

Learn's fifth and final PBA Tour title came in 2001 at the Dydo Japan Cup. He also has ten career runner-up finishes on the PBA Tour, and has earned over $1 million in PBA events.

In 2020, Learn was named manager of the expansion Miami Waves PBA League team.

Personal Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, Learn now resides in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Bob is married to his wife Stacey, and the couple have two children.