Mine was an old black and red swirl Brunswick that my grandfather left to me.  I don't know the name, but it will always be with me for nostalgic purposes.
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Star Wars rules,
I love golf and basketball,
I'm just starting bowling,
I feel addicted already,
Is there help available?

My first ball was an Ebonite Gyro. This was a few years back I made my mom buy it for me at a garage sale. I bowled with it a few times and threw it in the closet. Not until last year when my friends asked me to be on a bowling team with them did I dig it out. Ever since then I have been addicted to bowling.

First one I can remember taking into a center was an old Ebonite Tornado that was in the attic of the house my parents bought in 1970 and that rubbed my thumb waaaaay raw after a dozen or so games.  Upgraded from that to a Galaxie300 from KMart complete with the three holes drilled somewhere in the ball.  First "real" ball was a Faball Blue Nail that someone was going to drill out for trot line weighting in a lake.

My first ball was a Brunswick Bantam. It was either an 8 or 9 pounder - black rubber with red and blue triangles...
Was I cool strutting into the bowling alley with my own ball and bag at the ripe old age of 5 or 6??? Oh, yeah...

FYI - Galaxie 300 were seconds/thirds made by Columbia. Firsts had columbia's name on them, seconds were bonanzas. I believe thirds were sold as Galaxie 300s by KMart. I think they were off pretty much only in color.

First ball ever was a burgandy swirled 8lb ball called a "Lucky Strike". Got it for my b-day 16 years ago. Still in my closet, saving it for my kid (hopefully he/she is a lefty). First "real" ball was a 13lb Blue Hammer which I got in '97 when I started to bowl in juniors. Sold it about a year later, then got a 14lb Blue last year for a spare/desert ball. Gets a lot of use, especially this summer when the lanes dont get oiled regularly and everything else hooks at the arrows then skids the last 30 feet due to extreme carrydown. Fun when trying to leave a "Lily".
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If I could only pick up a 7 pin.....

Mine was a 12lb Brunswick Black Diamond that my Mom bought for me at a Blue Chip Stamp store. I had it drilled by a man named Dick Braasch in 1966. He is still, very much alive today, and drilling bowling balls. Oh the memories.......

P.S. Mumzie, we use to take the Brunswick Bantam balls and use to take our thumbs out of the ball and throw them. We use to call it, "Wiper snapping the ball" before Palming the ball became the craze.......Ah the memories.......
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"You can only keep what you have, by giving it away"

My first ball was a scout/r from columbia 300. (Still using it now, hits like a truck)

Blue Hammer, best ball of it's generation.