Mike Massey

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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,[1] and for several years lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee,[2] where he owned a pool hall. He has the nickname of "Tennessee Tarzan", but he now lives in Midway, Utah.[3]

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

World Trickshot Championship

In 1991, Massey took part in the inaugural World Trickshot Championship in the United Kingdom and despite not winning the event, demonstrated his skills in a special "duel" against the former World Snooker Champion Steve Davis before a live audience, hosted by TV personality Jeremy Beadle. Massey also demonstrated his ability to impart spin onto a ball with his hand, throwing Template:Glossary links from the Template:Glossary link end of the 12-foot-long snooker table, which would then curve around and travel behind the Template:Glossary link to Template:Glossary link (snooker term: Template:Glossary link) a Template:Glossary link placed in front of the Template:Glossary link righthand pocket, without the cue ball touching a Template:Glossary link.[6] Massey used props and illusion as an integral part of his routine, such as two balls bonded together, magic props and card tricks. In the words of the 1991 World Trickshot Champion Terry Griffiths: "I feel quite embarrassed to have won actually; Mike Massey is miles ahead of the rest of us. I think it was maybe a touch of nerves that put him off tonight."[7] Massey would go on to win the event in later years.

Titles & achievements

Records

  • 11,230 balls pocketed in marathon shooting (24 hours)
  • 8,090 balls pocketed in marathon shooting with one arm (24 hours)
  • 330 racks of nine-ball run on live television (24 hours)[8]

References

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  6. ↑ Amazing Trickshots: The Duel, video footage, VHS home video, MIS 10009, 1991.
  7. ↑ The World Trickshot Championship, televised winners interview, 1991, VHS home video, MIS 10002
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Inaugural champion WPA World Artistic Pool Champion
2000 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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2005 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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