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Roll-call: Pinball Players over 90 y/o (oldest player in the world?)

By ThisNotes4U

4 years ago



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    #1 4 years ago

    I would like to nominate my Mom Mary T., 95 as one of the oldest (continuous) pinball players in the world. She first started play in 1941 on a machine installed in my Grandfathers ice cream parlor . It became a favorite pastime for my mom and her siblings. Later they purchased a Bobby Orr Power Play for home use. She passed the hobby onto me and we both play whenever we can. "We never had a Wizard of OZ" back then" she jokes.

    So I wanted to start a thread of all active players over age 90.
    I hope this thread gets flooded with certified vetern players!!!

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    #2 4 years ago

    Nobody yet. Let's say any player 85 or older? (unintentional bump)

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    #8 3 years ago

    RIP Mary Timke. She played my Ghostbusters just a few months ago, she left the world as one of the oldest true fans of the silverball. She supported Project Pinball and was a big fan of the Asylum. She was filmed for untitled doc along with Eric Stone. Bobby Orr signed her first pin at her Dad's Ice Cream parlor.

    So there is an opening for the world's oldest active pinball player maybe.

    #10 3 years ago

    We grew up on the shores of Lake Niagara. Ollcott Beach was a hotbed of early pins and the "One armed Pins" Spoiler allert: doc mentions what my mom confirmed. The mob moved pins to Niagara in the 50's.

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