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Loree Jon Hasson
LoreeJon Ogonowski-Brown (formerly LoreeJon Jones, LoreeJon Hasson, sometimes known mononymically as LoreeJon; born November 6, 1965) is a professional pool player. A child prodigy who began playing at the age of 4 at her home in Garwood, New Jersey, she picked up the game from her father, John Ogonowski.Berkow, Ira"Billiards: A Top Player Survives That Sinking Feeling" ''The New York Times'', August 12, 1995. Accessed October 23, 2007. "LoreeJon had been a child prodigy, picking up the game at 4 from her pool-loving father, John Ogonowski, in Garwood, N.J." Recognizing her talent, her father built wooden boxes around the table so she would be the correct height for him to teach her the sport. Her father was her instructor, and her mother became her daily practice partner. She ran her first rack of balls at age 5. She performed her first three trick shots at age 6 in Chicago at a men's World Straight Pool tournament. At age 11, she became a pro player with the Women's Profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garwood, New Jersey
Garwood is a borough in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,454, an increase of 228 (+5.4%) from the 2010 census count of 4,226, which in turn reflected an increase of 73 (+1.8%) from the 4,153 counted in the 2000 census. History Garwood was incorporated as a borough on March 19, 1903, from portions of Cranford and Westfield Town.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 239. Accessed October 25, 2012. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.65 square miles (1.68 km2), all of which was land. The borough is roughly bisected by the tracks of NJ Transit's Raritan Valley Line, originally built as part of the Jersey Central railroad. On the north side of the railroad, most of the streets are numbered, while on the south side of Garwood most of the stree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billiard Congress Of America Hall Of Fame
This is the list of people inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's hall of fame to honour outstanding people who, through their competitive skills and dedication, have enriched the sport and industry. Two categories have been established in the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame. The "Greatest Player" category is awarded for outstanding players who must be 40 years of age or older, have been active professionals for at least 10 years and have recorded significant achievements in national or international competition recognized by the BCA. The "Meritorious Service" category (•) is awarded for those who have made lasting, memorable and important contributions to the game or the billiards industry. The year of induction is listed after the name. 1966–1969 *Ralph Greenleaf (1966) * Willie Hoppe (1966) * Charle Peterson (1966) • * Welker Cochran (1967) * Alfredo de Oro (1967) * Ben Nartzik (1967) • * Jake Schaefer Sr. (1968) * Jake Schaefer Jr. (1968) * Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Female Pool Players
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World Champions In Pool
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American Pool Players
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Ewa Laurance
Ewa Laurance (formerly Ewa Mataya, February 26, 1964) is a Swedish professional pool player, most notably on the Women's Professional Billiard Association nine-ball tour, a sports writer, and more recently a sports commentator for ESPN. In 2004, she was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame.Induction into BCA Hall of Fame 2004 She has been nicknamed "the Leading Lady of Billiards" and "the Striking Viking". Playing career Laurance has been playing pool since she was 4 years old. She moved to the in 1981 after competing at the World Championships in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franziska Stark
Franziska Stark (born 4 July 1961) is a German pool player. A winner of 24 Individual German Championships (7 in 8-Ball, 5 in 9-Ball and 12 in 14.1), she has also had considerable international success. Her career highlight so far has been winning the WPA 9-Ball Women's World Championship 1992 final against the American Vivian Villarreal. In 1998, she made it to the finals again, but was beaten by the Englishwoman Allison Fisher Allison Fisher (born 24 February 1968) is an English professional pool and former professional snooker player. Biography Fisher was born on 24 February 1968 in Cheshunt and grew up in Tonbridge, Kent and lived later in Peacehaven, East Susse .... Franziska reached 23 European Championship finals between 1986 and 2000, winning 11 of them. She was a member of the losing Europe team at the first Mosconi Cup in 1994, when it was compulsory to have two women in each team. References 1961 births Living people Female pool players World cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Sigel
Michael Sigel (born July 11, 1953) is an American professional pool player nicknamed "Captain Hook." He earned the nickname from his ability to hook his opponents with safety plays. Sigel has the ability to shoot pool both left-handed and right-handed and has a high run of 339 balls in Straight Pool. Mike Sigel is widely considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. In the year 2000, Sigel was voted "Greatest Living Player of the Century" by Billiards Digest Magazine. Early life Sigel is Jewish, and was born in Rochester, New York. His mother Ruth was aggravated with him at times, because as she said "he wouldn't go to Hebrew school because he was too tired from playing pool nights." Professional career Sigel has won over 100 professional pool tournaments in his career, making him one of the most successful players of all time winning pocket billiard championship's, in Straight pool and Nine-ball. Including 4 World Straight Pool Championship titles, 3 U.S. Open Nin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth McGinnis
Ruth McGinnis (1910 – May 16, 1974) was an American straight pool player, who is considered one of the greatest female pool players of all time. Early life Ruth McGinnis was born in 1910 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania to Thomas and Margaret McGinnis. She was one of three sisters, and her father was a former boat captain and barber. She began playing pool at the age of 7, on pool tables in her father's barbershop on South Main Street in Honesdale. She was a prodigious player and began receiving local and national press coverage in the late 1910s. In 1922, at the age of eleven, McGinnis played seven-year-old Willie Mosconi in a Philadelphia pool hall exhibition match, though the contest was stopped by police as local laws prohibited minors from being in pool halls. She also played exhibition matches against Ralph Greenleaf in 1924, and was described in ''The Tribune'' as Greenleaf's protégé. She was the captain of the varsity high school basketball team that won the Pennsylvania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Polish-American Sports Hall Of Fame
The National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame and Museum was founded in 1973. The mission of the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame is to recognize and preserve outstanding achievement by individuals of Polish heritage in the field of sports and to educate the entire community with the hope of encouraging and inspiring personal excellence. The hall is located in Troy, Michigan. Each year, inductees are elected in a nationwide vote among NPASHF officers, Hall of Fame inductees and more than 500 members of the Sports Panel Council. With over 150 inductees, the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame has an outstanding collection of historic artifacts on display at the American Polish Cultural Center in Troy, Michigan. Stan Musial, the first inductee, is represented with items worthy of being in Cooperstown. Visitors can also see uniforms worn by greats such as Steve Gromek, Carol Blazejowski, Mark Fidrych and Ed Olczyk; the boxing gloves used by 1940s heavyweight ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
