Mike Massey

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Mike Massey setting up a Trick shot

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, who 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, and he has become 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 of The Snap Magazine. Massey was born in Loudon, Tennessee,^[2] and for several years lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee,^[3] where he owned a pool hall. He has the nickname of "Tennessee Tarzan", but he now lives in Midway, Utah.^[4]

Massey was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Billiard Congress of America on April 7, 2005.^[5] For 2007 he was ranked as #8 in Pool & Billiard Magazine's poll of the "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players".^[6]

Titles and achievements

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)

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References

↑ http://www.insidepool.com/article411.html[]
↑ Ben Bulkeley (August 17, 2010). "Professional pool player Mike Massey puts on trick-shot exhibition in Craig". Craig Daily Press.
↑ Mike Geffner. "The Agony & The Ecstasy of Mike Massey 'Billiard's Digest'". Luby Publishing, Inc.
↑ "APTSA Library" section. "2007 World Championship (The Lider Club – St. Petersburg – Russia) December 5–8, 2007". TrickShotProductions.com. Watertown, MA: Artistic Pool & Trick Shot Association. 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
↑ http://www.bca-pool.com/marketing/releases/2005/022005pr.shtml[]
↑ "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. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

v t e United States Mosconi Cup team – 1995

Lou Butera Mike Massey Robert Hunter Bobby Hunter Dallas West Mark Wilson Mike Gulyassy John DiToro

v t e United States Mosconi Cup team – 1996

Earl Strickland Mike Massey C.J. Wiley Roger Griffis Shannon Daulton Allen Hopkins Danny Harriman

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Name	Massey, Mike
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Date of birth	April 9, 1947
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