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Efren Manalang Reyes OLD PLH (born August 26, 1954) is a Filipino professional pool player. A winner of over 100 international titles, Reyes was the first player to win world championships in two different pool disciplines.
Rudolf Walter Wanderone (né Rudolf Walter Wanderon Jr.; January 19, 1913 – January 15, 1996), [2] [3] commonly known as Minnesota Fats, was an American professional pool player. Although he never won a major pool tournament as "Fats", he was at one time perhaps the most publicly recognized pool player in the United States—not only as a ...
Earl Strickland (born June 8, 1961) is an American professional pool player who is considered one of the best nine-ball players of all time. He has won over 100 championship titles and three world titles. In 2006 he was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame. [1]
William Joseph Mosconi (/ m ɒ ˈ s k oʊ n i /; June 27, 1913 – September 17, 1993) was an American professional pool player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mosconi is widely considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. Between the years of 1941 and 1957, he won the World Straight Pool Championship nineteen times.
Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer Eddie Kelly said, "Ronnie Allen was the best one pocket player I ever played." [ 15 ] At a well-known annual pool event held in Johnston City, Illinois , it was in 1972 that Ronnie Allen grabbed the microphone before a standing-room-only crowd and offered to play any living human being a game of one ...
Nick Varner (born May 15, 1948, in Owensboro, Kentucky) is an American professional pool player who was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1992. Varner is widely considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. [ 1 ]
Stephen Mizerak Jr. [1] (October 12, 1944 – May 29, 2006) was an American pool player, who was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.Mizerak is considered one of the best straight pool players of all time, dominant in the game during the 1970s, winning over 70 tournaments during his career.
2010 U.S. Billiards Media Association Player of the Decade- 2000s; 2009 World Mixed Doubles Classic - with (Rubilen Amit) [26] 2009 World Cup of Pool - with (Francisco Bustamante) [27] 2009 Galveston Classic One Pocket [28] 2009 Fujiyama Open Nine-ball; 2007 Derby City Classic Master of the Table [29] 2007 Derby City Classic One-Pocket [30]