Mike Massey

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Michael "Mike" Massey (born April 9, 1947) is an American professional pocket billiards (pool) player, best known as a trick shot artist since the late 1970s and has given substantial visibility to the sport by traveling the globe to perform exhibitions and compete in a variety of disciplines. He has won professional national and international tournaments in trick shot competition, nine-ball, eight-ball, straight pool (14.1 continuous), and one-pocket, but has been even more influential in the sport as an accomplished instructor, consultant and fund raiser. [1]

Massey was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame on April 7, 2005. [2] For 2007, he was ranked #8 in Pool & Billiard Magazine's "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players" poll.[3]

[edit] Titles and achievements

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  • 2007 Pool & Billiard Magazine Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players, #8
  • 2005 induction into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame
  • 2004 Trick Shot Magic Champion
  • 2003 Trick Shot Magic Champion
  • 2003 World Artistic Pool Champion
  • 2002 World Artistic Pool Champion
  • 2002 BCA North American Artistic Pool Champion
  • 2001 Trick Shot Magic Champion
  • 2000 World Artistic Pool Champion
  • 2000 BCA North American Artistic Pool Champion
  • 2000 World Artistic Pool Champion
  • 2000 Trick Shot Magic Champion
  • 1996 Snooker World Trick Shot Champion
  • 1992 Snooker World Trick Shot Champion
  • 1997 Senior Nine-ball Masters Champion
  • 1996 winning team member in the Mosconi Cup, Team USA
  • 1996 Dutch National Eight-ball Champion
  • 1996 Hall of Fame Eight-ball Champion
  • High runs of 9 racks of nine-ball in tournament play, and 13 racks in challenge match play
  • High run of 224 balls in straight pool
  • 11,230 balls pocketed in marathon shooting (24 hours)
  • 8,090 balls pocketed in marathon shooting with o­ne arm
  • World record for most racks of nine-ball run in 24-hour period: 330 racks o­n live television in Austria, complete runs 1 through 9 (9 balls pocketed o­n the break or in combination shot did not count)[citations needed]

[edit] References

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  1. ^ http://www.insidepool.com/article411.html[clarify]
  2. ^ http://www.bca-pool.com/marketing/releases/2005/022005pr.shtml[clarify]
  3. ^ "The Survey Says...: Pool & Billiard Magazine's 22nd Annual Player and Fan Poll" (February 2008). Pool & Billiard Magazine 26 (2): p. 14. Summerville, South Carolina: Sports Publications. ISSN 1049-2852. 
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