Billiard Congress of America
The Billiard Congress of America (BCA) is the governing body for cue sports in the United States and Canada, and the regional member organization of the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA).` Puerto Rico, though a US territory, and Mexico, though ...
's
hall of fame
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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
Cue sports are a wide variety of games of skill played with a cue, which is used to strike billiard balls and thereby cause them to move around a cloth-covered table bounded by elastic bumpers known as .
There are three major subdivisions ...
industry.
The year of induction is listed after the name.
1966–1969
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Ralph Greenleaf
Ralph Greenleaf (November 3, 1899 in Monmouth, Illinois – March 15, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American professional pocket billiards, pool and carom billiards player. He was a 19 time World Pocket Billiards Champion, who domina ...
(1966)
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Willie Hoppe
William Frederick Hoppe (October 11, 1887 – February 1, 1959) (surname rhymes with "poppy"), was an internationally renowned American professional carom billiards champion, who was posthumously inducted into the Billiard Congress of America ...
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 mov ...
(1967)
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Alfredo de Oro
Alfredo de Oro (April 28, 1863 – April 22 or 23, 1948) was a Cubans, Cuban professional carom billiards and Pocket billiards, pool player who several times held the world title in both three-cushion billiards and straight pool simultaneously. ...
Willie Mosconi
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Irving Crane
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(1978)
1980–1989
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Steve Mizerak
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(1980)
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Dorothy Wise
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Minnesota Fats
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Walter Tevis
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Eddie Taylor
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Biography
Born Edward Taylor in Benoit, Mississippi, as a boy Taylor taught himself to play the guitar. He spent his early years playing ...
Dallas West
Dallas West (born 1941, Rockford, Illinois) is an American pool player and was inducted into the Billiards Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1996.
West is known for having a strong competitive spirit and is respected by his peers as being ...
Buddy Hall
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Raymond Ceulemans
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Jim Rempe
James Rempe (born November 4, 1947, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, US) is an American professional pocket billiards (pool) player, and was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 2002.
Career
Rempe began playing pool at the ...
(2002)
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Ed Kelly
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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, ...
(2004)
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George Balabushka
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(2004) •
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Mike Massey
Michael Massey (born April 9, 1947), professionally known as Mike Massey, is an American professional pool player From 1989 to 1991 he served as a contributing editor of '' The Snap Magazine''. Massey was born in Loudon, Tennessee, and for several ...
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 Sou ...
(2007)"BCA Hall of Fame 2007 — 51st Inductee: Sang Chun Lee" , Billiard Congress of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; accessed 2 March 2007
* Allen Hopkins (2008)
* Pat Fleming (2008) •
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Johnny Archer
Johnny Archer (born November 12, 1968 in Waycross, Georgia) is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" (his zodiac sign is Scorpio, and one of his sponsors is Scorpion Cues). On June 8, 2009, Johnny Archer was nom ...
Francisco Bustamante
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* Larry Hubbart (2010) •
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Ralf Souquet
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Since 1988, he has won more than 200 tournament titles, including 23 Euro Tour titles, 20 European Pool Championship and 12 German Pool ...
Karen Corr
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Early life
Corr was born on 10 November 1969 in Ballymoney, Northern Ire ...
Barry Hearn
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Through Matchroom, Hearn is also involved in many sports including snooker, darts, ...
(2013) •
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Jose Parica
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Rodney Morris
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Caree ...
Alex Pagulayan
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People
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*Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
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* Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple peo ...
(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 snooker ...
(2020)
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Thorsten Hohmann
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