Throughout his life, Dennis Fanucchi had been no stranger to excellence. Owner and operator of the Granada Bowl, a bowling alley in Livermore, California, he was inducted into the Bowling Hall of Fame, selected as the Person of the Decade in the 1990s for the entire bowling industry, and rated as the sixth best bowling alley owner in America by Bowling Industry Magazine.
Not too shabby considering 67 million people bowl at least once a year in the United States!
Excelling in the varnished fast lane might have felt like enough for somebody with less personal drive than Dennis, but as retirement loomed and the day-to-day obstacles of running a business were no longer pressing, all that appeared to be left for him was his rapidly aging body.
So, Dennis did what he'd always done when faced with an obstacle: He grabbed a 15-pound urethane ball and aimed for a nose strike, only the pins this time around were the lined-up years of poor eating habits and lack of exercise.
Dennis rebuilt...
Source: At Age 74, Dennis Fanucchi Lifts and Lives Like He's 24!
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