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Fowling—bowling with a football, the rage in Detroit and poised to spread across America

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published November 7, 2017 at 5:14 AM PST
Fowling utilizes regulation bowling pins with a truncated alley and a football.
THOMAS WILMER

Fowling--bowling with a football started as a lark fifteen years ago has become the rage in Hamtramck, Michigan and it’s poised to spread across the country. Come along and join Chris Hutt, the inventor of fowling (pronounced FOH-ling), at his 20 lane Fowling Warehouse, complete with two bars. Discover why thousands of Midwesterners and Canadians love the game. 

Chris Hutt (Left) with Tom Wilmer and Hamtramck, Michigan City Manager Kathy Angerer
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Chris Hutt (Left) with Tom Wilmer and Hamtramck, Michigan City Manager Kathy Angerer
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Tom Wilmer
Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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