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Ralph Greenleaf
Ralph Greenleaf (November 3, 1899 in Monmouth, Illinois – March 15, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American professional pool and carom billiards player. He was a 19 time World Pocket Billiards Champion, who dominated the sport during his heyday. His obituary in ''The New York Times'' said of Greenleaf, in March 1950: "What Babe Ruth did for baseball, Dempsey did for fighting, Tilden did for tennis...Greenleaf did for pocket billiards." The championships of his era were contested in the game of 14.1 continuous ("straight pool"), but varied in format from contest to contest and were not annual events. Championships were challenge matches between two players often played over several days to relatively high numbers (1,500 for example). He was one of the first three members inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame, in 1966. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welker Cochran
Welker Cochran (October 7, 1897 – July 26, 1960) was an American professional carom billiards player who won world titles in two different disciplines, balkline and three-cushion billiards. Biography He was born in Des Moines, Iowa, but moved to Manson early. He began playing at a young age in a billiards parlor owned by his father in Manson, and by the age of 17 was among the best players in the world.Biography with Photo on Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 8 July 2012. He won his first world title in 1927 in 18.2 balkline. The popularity of balkline faded in the late 1920s and early 1930s, causing Cochran to switch to three-cushion, in which he won his first world title in 1933. In 1945, Cochran set a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Caras
James Caras (17 December 1908 – 3 December 2002) was an American professional pool player, most well known for winning five World Pocket Billiard Titles between 1935 and 1949. After a 12-year hiatus, Caras would return to cue sports, and win the U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship in 1967 at the age of 58. Caras would be inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1977. Caras is also known for inventing trick shots, as well as producing books, such as ''Pocket billiard fundamentals and trick shots made easy'' in 1969. and ''Trick and Fancy Shots in Pocket Billards'' in 1966. Titles * 1935 NBAA World Straight Pool Championship * 1936 NBAA World Straight Pool Championship * 1938 NBAA World Straight Pool Championship * 1938 NBAA World Straight Pool Championship * 1949 BCA World Straight Pool Championship * 1967 BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship * 1967 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame This is the list of people inducted into the Billiard Cong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Kelly (billiards Player)
George Kelly may refer to: Entertainment * George Kelly (musician) (1915–1998), American jazz tenor saxophonist, vocalist, arranger and bandleader * George Kelly (playwright) (1887–1974), American dramatist * George "Fowokan" Kelly (born 1943), Jamaica-born British visual artist * George M. Kelly (born 1952), New York sculptor who created a George Washington bronze for the Millennium Gate museum in Atlanta Sports * George A. Kelly (1883–1969), American football coach in the United States * George Kelly (baseball) (1895–1984), American first baseman; played 1915–1932 * George Kelly (boxer), Irish boxer who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam * George Kelly (footballer) (1933–1998), footballer who played for Cardiff City, Stockport County and Stoke City Other * George Kelly (Jacobite) (c.1680–1762), Irish agent of Charles Edward Stuart * George Kelly (psychologist) (1905–1967), American personality theorist and professor at Ohio State University * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Jean
Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew". The word is derived from the el, Ἀνδρέας, ''Andreas'', itself related to grc, ἀνήρ/ἀνδρός ''aner/andros'', "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "courageous", and "warrior". In the King James Bible, the Greek "Ἀνδρέας" is translated as Andrew. Popularity Australia In 2000, the name Andrew was the second most popular name in Australia. In 1999, it was the 19th most common name, while in 1940, it was the 31st most common name. Andrew was the first most popular name given to boys in the Northern Territory in 2003 to 2015 and continuing. In Victoria, Andrew was the first most popular name for a boy in the 1970s. Canada Andrew was the 20th most popular name chosen for male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erwin Rudolph
Erwin Rudolph (December 30, 1893 - May 19, 1957) was an American pocket billiards player from Cleveland, Ohio and a five-time world champion. One of his great feats was running 125 points in 32 minutes (now eclipsed). Biography Rudolph was born on December 30, 1893, in Cleveland, Ohio.Erwin Rudolph in the World War II draft registration working for the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company He gained national recognition in 1926 when he won the world pocket billiard title, besting Ralph Greenleaf, who held it for six years. Rudolph won the championship again in 1933, a third time in that same year and for the fourth and final time in 1941. His best run in straight pool was 277. He then went to work for the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company. Rudolph died on May 19, 1957, in Sayre, Pennsylvania Sayre is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is the principal city in the Sayre, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. It lies 18 miles southeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Church (billiards Player) (1865–1937), British botanist
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Arthur Church may refer to: * Arthur Herbert Church (1834–1915), British chemist * Arthur Harry Church Arthur Harry Church FRS (28 March 1865 – 24 April 1937) was a British botanist and botanical illustrator. He was also a pioneer amateur photographer. From 1908 to his retirement in 1930 he was a lecturer in botany at Oxford University and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Franklin (billiards Player)
Walter Franklin may refer to: * Walter Franklin (cricketer) (1891–1968), English cricketer * Walter Franklin (billiards player), American billiards player * Walter Franklin (judge) (1773–1836), Pennsylvania attorney general and judge * Walter S. Franklin (politician) (1799–1838), politician from Pennsylvania * Walter S. Franklin (PRR) Walter Sidmonds Franklin, III. (May 24, 1884 in Ashland, Maryland – August 17, 1972 in Northeast Harbor, Maine) was the 12th president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). He graduated from Harvard College in 1906, and began his PRR career ... (1884–1972), president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) See also * {{hndis, Franklin, Walter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hueston
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Woods (billiards Player)
Arthur Woods may refer to: * Arthur B. Woods (1904–1944), British film director * Arthur H. Woods (1870–1942), American educator * Arthur Woods (born 1948), American-Swiss artist, created the ''Cosmic Dancer ''Cosmic Dancer'' is a sculpture by Swiss-American artist Arthur Woods that travelled to the Russian Mir space station in May 1993.{{cite web, url=http://www.outer-space-art-gallery.com/cosmic-dancer.html, title=Cosmic Dancer: A space art project ...'' sculpture flown aboard space station ''Mir'' 1993–2001 * Arthur Woods (rugby union) (1929–2015), New Zealand rugby union player {{hndis, Woods, Arthur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bennie Allen
Benny or Bennie is a given name or a shortened version of the given name Benjamin or, less commonly, Benedict, Bennett, Benito, Benson, Bernice, Ebenezer or Bernard. People Bennie Given name *Bennie M. Bunn (1907–1943), American Marine officer, Navy Cross recipient *Bennie Cunningham (born 1954), American retired National Football League player * Bennie Daniels (born 1932), American former Major League Baseball pitcher * Bennie L. Davis (1928–2012), United States Air Force general and commander-in-chief of Strategic Air Command * Bennie Ellender (1925–2011), American college football player and head coach * Bennie Goods (born 1968), American retired Canadian Football League player * Bennie Green (1923–1977), American jazz trombonist and bandleader * Bennie Logan (born 1989), American National Football League player * Bennie Maupin (born 1940), American jazz musician * Bennie Muller (born 1948), Dutch former footballer * Bennie Purcell (born 1929), American college basket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Crane
Irving Crane (November 13, 1913 – November 17, 2001), nicknamed "the Deacon", was an American pool player from Livonia (near Rochester), New York,Billiard Congress America (1995-2005)BCA Hall of Fame Inductees: 1977 - 1984. Retrieved November 22, 2006. and ranks among the stellar players in the history of the sport.OnePocket.org (2004) Retrieved November 22, 2006. Considered one of the all-time greats, and a member of the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame, he is best known for his mastery in the game of straight pool (14.1 continuous) at which he won numerous championships, including six World Straight Pool Championship titles. Early life Crane's fascination with billiards started at age 11, sparked by play on a toy pool table his brother received as a Christmas gift. When he showed interest and ability, his father Scott Crane, a trial lawyer and sportsman, and his mother, a high school teacher, soon replaced their dining room table with a 4' by 8' pool table. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
