Mike Massey

For the baseball player, see Mike Massey (baseball).

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] From 1989 to 1991 he served as a contributing editor for The Snap Magazine. Massey, who was born in Loudon, Tennessee[2] has been nicknamed "Tennessee Tarzan", but lives in Midway, Utah.[3]

Massey was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame on April 7, 2005.[4] For 2007, he was ranked #8 in Pool & Billiard Magazine's "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players" poll.[5]

Titles and achievements

References

  1. ^ http://www.insidepool.com/article411.html
  2. ^ Ben Bulkeley (August 17, 2010). "Professional pool player Mike Massey puts on trick-shot exhibition in Craig". Craig Daily Press. http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2010/aug/17/professional-pool-player-mike-massey-puts-trick-sh/. 
  3. ^ "2007 World Championship (The Lider Club – St. Petersburg – Russia) December 5–8, 2007". TrickShotProductions.com. Watertown, MA: Artistic Pool & Trick Shot Association. 2007. http://www.trickshotproductions.com/tournaments/2007wpawc.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-27. 
  4. ^ http://www.bca-pool.com/marketing/releases/2005/022005pr.shtml
  5. ^ "The Survey Says...: Pool & Billiard Magazine's 22nd Annual Player and Fan Poll". Pool & Billiard Magazine (Summerville, South Carolina: Sports Publications) 26 (2): p. 14. February 2008. ISSN 1049-2852. 
United States Mosconi Cup team – 1995
United States Mosconi Cup team – 1996