biography
| name: |
Mosconi, Willie
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popular name of William Joseph Mosconi
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pronunciation:
[moskohnee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1913–93)
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| biography:
| Pocket billiards player, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. After pocketing $75 in a Depression tournament, he took the first of many world titles in 1941. A tireless promoter of the game, he was technical adviser for the movie The Hustler (1961), and wrote Willie Mosconi on Pocket Billiards (1959). |
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