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
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Ralph Greenleaf (1966)
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Willie Hoppe (1966)
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Charle Peterson (1966) •
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Welker Cochran (1967)
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Alfredo de Oro
Alfredo de Oro (April 28, 1863 – April 22 or 23, 1948) was a Cuban professional carom billiards and pool player who several times held the world title in both three-cushion billiards and straight pool simultaneously. He was posthumously in ...
(1967)
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Ben Nartzik (1967) •
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Jake Schaefer Sr.
Jacob Schaefer Sr. (February 2, 1855 – March 8, 1910), nicknamed "the Wizard", was a professional carom billiards player, especially of the straight rail and balkline games, and was posthumously inducted into the Billiard Congress of Am ...
(1968)
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Jake Schaefer Jr. (1968)
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Willie Mosconi (1968)
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Herman Rambow (1969) •
1970–1979
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Harold Worst
Harold John Worst (1929 – June 16, 1966) was an American three-cushion billiards champion. He won multiple World Three-Cushion Championships, his first in Argentina in 1954, the youngest player to ever win the tournament, at the age of 24. ...
(1970)
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John Hyatt (1971) •
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Johnny Layton (1974)
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Frank Taberski (1975)
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Jimmy Caras (1977)
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Irving Crane (1978)
1980–1989
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Steve Mizerak
Stephen Mizerak Jr. (October 12, 1944 – May 29, 2006), better known as Steve Mizerak, was an American pool player, considered one of the all-time greats, dominant during the 1970s and early 1980s in the game of Straight Pool, holding over 70 to ...
(1980)
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Dorothy Wise
Dorothy Wise (1914–1995) was an American professional pool player. She was born in Spokane, Washington. When she first started playing pool professionally, there were very few national tournaments for women. She won many local and state tourn ...
(1981)
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Joe Balsis (1982)
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Luther Lassiter (1983)
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Minnesota Fats
Minnesota Fats, or George Hegerman, is a fictional pool hustler created by American novelist Walter Tevis. The character appears in Tevis' novel ''The Hustler'' (1959). Jackie Gleason portrayed the character in the 1961 film adaptation of ''The ...
(1984) •
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Jean Balukas (1985)
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Lou Butera (1986)
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Erwin Rudolph (1987)
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Andrew Ponzi (1988)
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Mike Sigel (1989)
1990–1999
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John Brunswick (1990) •
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Walter Tevis (1991) •
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Nick Varner (1992)
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Michael Phelan Michael or Mike Phelan may refer to:
* Michael Francis Phelan (1875–1941), Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
* Michael L. Phelan (born 1947), judge of the Federal Court of Canada
* Mike Phelan (born 1962), Eng ...
(1993) •
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Eddie Taylor (1993)
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Ray Martin (1994)
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Jimmy Moore (1994)
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Cisero Murphy (1995)
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Dallas West (1996)
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Arthur Cranfield
Arthur Leslie Cranfield (19 June 1892 – 9 October 1957) was a British newspaper editor.
Born in St Ives, then in Huntingdonshire, Cranfield attended St Ives Grammar School. During World War I, he served in the Essex Regiment as a captain ...
(1997)
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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 McGi ...
(1997)
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Larry Johnson (1999)
2000–2009
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Buddy Hall (2000)
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Robert Byrne (2001) •
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Raymond Ceulemans
Raymond, Ridder (title), Knight Ceulemans (born 12 July 1937) is a Belgian three-cushion billiards, billiards player who won 21 UMB three-cushion World Championship titles, more tha ...
(2001)
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LoreeJon 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 J ...
(2002)
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Jim Rempe (2002)
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Ed Kelly
Edmond Kelly, also known as "Ed" or "Eddie" and nicknamed the Silver Fox (born October 24, 1948 in Dublin, Ireland), is an Irish-American former soccer player. He played in the American Soccer League and one season in the North American Soccer ...
(2003)
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Efren Reyes (2003)
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Ewa Laurance (2004)
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George Balabushka
George Balabushka (Russian: Григорий Антонович Балабушка ''Grigoriy Antonovich Balabushka''; December 9, 1912 – December 5, 1975) was a Russian-born billiards (pool) cue maker, arguably the most prominent membe ...
(2004) •
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Mike Massey (2005) •
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Robin Dodson (2005)
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Earl Strickland
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 ...
(2006)
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Sang Lee
Sang Chun Lee ( ko, 이상천; January 15, 1954 – October 19, 2004), most commonly known simply as Sang Lee, was a Korean-born American professional three-cushion billiards player and world champion.
Professional career
Born and raised in So ...
(2007)
["BCA Hall of Fame 2007 — 51st Inductee: Sang Chun Lee"](_blank)
, Billiard Congress of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; accessed 2 March 2007
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Allen Hopkins (2008)
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Pat Fleming Patrick or Pat Fleming may refer to:
* Patrick Fleming (Franciscan), Irish Franciscan scholar
* Patrick Fleming (highwayman) (died 1650), Irish highwayman
* Patrick D. Fleming (1918–1956), World War II U.S. Navy fighter ace
* Pat Fleming (pool pl ...
(2008) •
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Johnny Archer (2009)
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Allison Fisher (2009)
2010–2019
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Francisco Bustamante
Francisco Bustamante (born December 29, 1963) is a Filipino professional pool player from Tarlac, Central Luzon and the 2010 World Nine-ball Champion, nicknamed "Django", after the lead character of the 1966 film of the same name, (2010)
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Terry Bell (2010) •
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Larry Hubbart (2010) •
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Ralf Souquet
Ralf Souquet ( ; born 29 November 1968) is a German professional pool player. His nickname is "The Kaiser".
Since 1988, he has won more than 200 tournament titles, including 23 Euro Tour titles, 20 European Pool Championship and 12 German Po ...
(2011)
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Danny DiLiberto
Danny DiLiberto (born February 19, 1935 in Buffalo, New York) is an American retired professional pool player, nicknamed "Buffalo Danny".
A veteran player from the Johnston City era, a teacher, an author, and previously working as a commentator f ...
(2011)
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Karen Corr
Karen Corr (born 10 November 1969) is a Northern Irish professional pool and former snooker and English billiards player. She was inducted in the BCA Hall of Fame in 2012.
Early life
Corr was born on 10 November 1969 in Ballymoney, Northern ...
(2012)
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Jeanette Lee (2013)
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Barry Hearn (2013) •
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Jose Parica (2014)
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Mika Immonen (2014)
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Oliver Ortmann (2014)
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Charles Ursitti (2015) •
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Rodney Morris
Rodney Morris (born 25 November 1970 in Anaheim, California, USA) is a professional pool player of Chamorro - Hawaiian descent. Nicknamed "Rocket" he currently resides in Acworth, Georgia. Rodney married his wife Rheyannon in July 2020.
Caree ...
(2016)
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Belinda Calhoun (2016)
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Tom Rossman (2017) •
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Darren Appleton (2017)
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Gerda Hofstatter
Gerda is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
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*Gerda Ahlm (1869–1956), Swedish-born American painter and art conservator
*Gerda Alexander (1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist
*Gerda Antti (born 1929), Swedish ...
(2018)
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Kim Davenport
Kim Davenport (born November 15, 1955, in McAlester, Oklahoma) is an American professional pocket billiards (pool) player, nicknamed "Kimmer".
Professional career
He became a professional player in 1985.
Davenport is an originator of target p ...
(2018)
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Greg Sullivan (2019) •
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Paul Jansco (2019) •
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George Jansco (2019) •
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Alex Pagulayan (2019)
2020–2022
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Kelly Fisher
Kelly Fisher (born 25 August 1978) is an English professional pool, snooker and English billiards player.
Career
Fisher grew up in South Elmsall, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire. She learned to play pool in her parents' pub and took up snook ...
(2020)
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Thorsten Hohmann (2021)
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Jerry Briesath (2022) •
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Dennis Orcollo
Dennis Orcollo (born January 28, 1979), is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed " RoboCop" and has been called "The Money-Game King" throughout the Philippines and the United States.
Early life
Orcollo is the second of four brothers ...
(2022)
References
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"The BCA Hall of Fame" Billiard Congress of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; accessed 11 July 2008
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