Dick Allen

Richard Allen (born 1978) is a right-handed American professional ten-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). He competes in events on the PBA Tour and has competed internationally on the World Bowling Tour (WBT). Allen has seven PBA Tour titles and 28 PBA Regional Tour titles. He was known as Ritchie Allen on the PBA Tour until the 2010–11 season.

Allen has been a member of the MOTIV Bowling pro staff since 2012, after previously being sponsored by Ebonite.

Following four more years without a win, Allen’s career had a rebirth in 2017. From 2017 to 2019, he won four PBA Tour titles, the most recent coming in the PBA Cheetah Championship at the 2019 PBA World Series of Bowling. The 2019 season was Allen's first with multiple titles (2), and he cashed a new career high of $94,955.

Allen has made 24 top-five finishes in PBA Tour events, and has a 7–2 record in championship matches. Through 2025, he has earned almost $950,000 in his PBA career. A natural left-hander until a young age, he bowled with his left hand until the second grade, when he broke that hand. He was forced to use his right hand to bowl, as the cast stayed on for six months. Because of this, Allen had become so accustomed and skilled with using a right-handed delivery, he continued that way.

Personal information Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Allen now lives in Chapin, South Carolina with his wife, Sarah. The couple has two daughters.

On his left arm, Allen has a tattoo of the initials THB, which stands for "typical house bowler." It is a tongue-in-cheek reply to a bowling center pro, who once told Allen he'd never succeed on anything other than league or "house" lane conditions.