Harold Worst

Harold John Worst (1929 – June 16, 1966) was an American champion three-cushion billiards champion. He won the three cushion billiard championship in Argentina in 1954, the youngest player to compete at his level. He was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1970.[1]

Biography

He died on June 16, 1966 in Blodgett Memorial Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan of cancer. He was 37 years old.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Harold Worst". Billiard Congress of America. http://www.bca-pool.com/industry/hof/ind69-76.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-29. 
  2. ^ "Harold Worst Is Dead at 37; 3-Cushion Billiards Champion". United Press International in the New York Times. June 17, 1966. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B16FB3859117B93C5A8178DD85F428685F9. Retrieved 2010-09-29. "Harold Worst, the world's three-cushion billiards champion, died early today in Blodgett Memorial Memorial Hospital of cancer. He was 37 years old and had lived here."