Mosconi set the officially-recognized straight pool high run world record of 526 consecutive balls in 1954. Mosconi pioneered and regularly employed numerous trick shots, set many records, and helped to popularize pool as a national recreation activity.ĭuring the 1940s and 1950s, the pocket billiards game most often played in competition was called straight pool, or 14.1 continuous, a form of pool considered by most top players to be more difficult than today's fast tournament game nine-ball. Pocket Billiards" – and he was among the first Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame inductees. For most of the 20th century, his name was essentially synonymous with pool in North America – he was nicknamed " Mr. Between the years of 19, he won the World Straight Pool Championship nineteen times. Mosconi is widely considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. William Joseph Mosconi ( / m ɒ ˈ s k oʊ n i/ June 27, 1913 – September 17, 1993) was an American professional pool player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mosconi (left) with Jimmy Moore at the 1953 World Straight Pool Championship
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