Included in the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame are Willie Hoppe & this Willie, inducted in 1968
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Untold Stories: Billiards History: August 2011  Aug 12, 2011 ... Hall of Fame induction can mark the culmination of a grand career. ... Incredibly, he also was the teacher of Willie Hoppe and the author of Daly's Billiard Book, which ... bind 2011 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame inductees Ralf ... U.S. Open 14.1 championship in both 1968 (to Joe Balsis) and 1972...
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Hall of Fame Inductees, 1966-1968 - Billiards Congress of America  Search BCA Hall of Fame Inductees by Year ... Willie Hoppe, whose brilliant career was one of the longest in the annals of the sport, is considered by many to be...
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Billiards - ImageEvent  The Billiards Congress of America has inducted 51 American billiards players into its Hall of Fame. The BCA's first three HOF classes included greats Welker Cochran, Ralph Greenleaf, Willie Hoppe, Alfedo DeOro, Jake Schaefer Jr. and Jake ... Bio  Enlarge photo 24. Schaefer, Jake Sr. 1888 N184 Kimball's (R) (1968).
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Hall of Fame Inductees, 1969-1976 - Billiards Congress of America  Search BCA Hall of Fame Inductees by Year ... old when he played the great Willie Hoppe, winner of 51 major billiard championships, in a demonstration game...
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Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame - Wikipedia  This is the list of people inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's hall of fame. Many of ... Ralph Greenleaf (1966); Willie Hoppe (1966); Charles (Charlie) C. Peterson (1966) ; Welker Cochran ... (1968); Jacob (Jake) "The Wizard" Schaefer Sr. (1968); Jacob (Jake) Schaefer Jr. (1968); Herman J. Rambow (1969) ...
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The Hustler (1961) - Trivia - IMDb  Newman, though Oscar-nominated, later claimed that the deleted scene ... Jackie Gleason was in reality a very good pool player and did many of his own shots in the film. ... billiards champion Willie Mosconi (who was also the film's technical advisor) ... Piper Laurie learned how modest and unassuming Paul Newman was.
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Jeopary Questions page 467 - AFRICAN HISTORY - TriviaBistro.com  YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT: In a 1968 speech Eldridge Cleaver said, "You're either part of the solution or you're part of" this  MYTHOLOGY: .... GAMES: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Bronx, New York) A broomstick & a Spaldeen were all you needed for this street game; Willie Mays was famous for joining in.
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Hall to embrace Negro Leagues ballot | MLB.com  Nov 18, 2005 ... Two ballots -- one containing Negro Leagues players, managers and executives, and one ... Any candidates elected by the Hall of Fame's voting committee will be inducted into the Hall of ... Josh Gibson. 1972. Buck Leonard ... "The baseball writers and the Veterans' Committee select the top one percent of...
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Bill Medley still righteous after all these years | The Sacramento Bee  Jul 31, 2014 ... Medley had a nervous twitch and a father who implemented frequent ... The Brothers disbanded in 1968, but without a single skirmish. Medley went solo. The Brothers reunited in 1974 for the hit Rock and Roll Heaven, and ... at What The Festival. Violinist and looper Joe Kye leaving Sacramento 3:52...
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World Pool-Billiard Association - The Rules of Play  The WPA is the international governing body of pocket-billiard sports. ... World Pool-Billiard Association - The Official Website of the Governing Body of Pool.
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Williams, Ted | Baseball Hall of Fame  Inducted to the Hall of Fame in: 1966 ... Williams led the AL in home runs four times, and his .634 career slugging percentage is second ... WalksBB. 2021. Batting AverageBA .344. OPSOPS. 1.116. On Base %OBP .482. Slugging %SLG .634. See more stats on baseball-reference.com ... Ted Williams Elected to Hall of Fame.
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An Inner Circle for the Hall of Fame | Baseball: Past and Present  Jul 19, 2012 ... Anyhow, here's how the Hall of Fame Inner Circle came out: ... have been Willie's equal, if he'd avoided all the injuries or taken better care of himself. ... Upon Babe Ruth's death in 1948, his friend, longtime newspaper ..... 100 years ago, though, that honor fell to Hall of Fame right-hander Christy Mathewson.
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Famous Hustlers, Gamblers and Pool Sharks - The HyperTexts  Willie "Mr. Pocket Billiards" Mosconi (the undisputed king of straight pool when .... good heart, and a bar table champion, as well as a bank pool champion, one of the ... in the 1986 movie The Color of Money and/or served as technical advisers. ... "Mr. Pocket Billiards" Mosconi had a cameo in the 1961 movie The Hustler,...
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The Master List - SI.com  Dec 27, 1999 ... Tommy Moe  Won 1994 Olympic downhill. 3. ... Kris Thorsness  Rower won gold in 1984. 31. ... Charlie Hickcox  Swam to four medals in 1968. 3. .... Ken Strong Retired in 1947 as NFL's leading scorer ...... Phil Housley Most points of any U.S.-born NHLer ...... Rick Sanders Portland State wrestling star.
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Baseball Almanac: Major League Umpire Rosters (K - Q)  "Colorful and flamboyant, Bill Klem brought dignity and respect to his profession. Known as ''The Old Arbitrator,'' he umpired exclusively behind the plate his first 16 years because ... National Baseball Hall of Fame .... Did you know that Tom Connolly was the umpire behind the plate on April 24, 1901  the first game played...
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Bill Bradley  Senator Bill Bradley, U.S. Senator, Basketball Hall of ...  In 2000, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the ... a professional basketball player with the New York Knicks from 1967 to 1977...
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Bill Robinson - Wikipedia  Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (May 25, 1878  November 25, 1949) was an American tap dancer and actor, the best known ... He brought it up on its toes, dancing upright and swinging", giving tap a "hitherto-unknown lightness and presence. ..... Although Robinson's speed running backwards is undisputed, the circumstances...
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espnW -- Celebrating Black History Month by saluting pioneers at ...  Black History Month: Celebrating Winter Olympians. ... Babilonia and Gardner were the favorites -- not to mention America's Sweethearts -- heading into ... 1980 Bobsled Team ... Willie Davenport, second from left, and Jeff Gadley, third from left, became the first African-American men on a U.S. Winter Olympics roster in 1980.
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Sports - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  BASEBALL - Cooperstown NY hall of fame, While a Golden Gloves winner is a ... Atlanta Braves From 1876 through 1952, the Braves baseball franchise was .... the state beverage is tomato juice, not beer, The College & Pro Football Halls of...
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The Hustler (1961) - Trivia - IMDb  The Hustler (1961) Trivia on IMDb: Cameos, Mistakes, Spoilers and more. ... the trickier shots, 14 time world billiards champion Willie Mosconi (who was also the .... In a curious train of events, a bartender here played by boxer Jake LaMotta would ... in his memory, without windows, "like cells," but that Piper Laurie furnished...
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Baseball's Cooperstown Myth - History in the Headlines  Jun 11, 2014 ... The Hall of Fame was erected in the small village of Cooperstown ... On June 12, 1939, a constellation of baseball's brightest stars and a ... of immortals inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, such as ... Spalding in 1905 formed a seven-man commission of ballplayers ... Oops, there's a problem.