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Stephen Hendry is a Scottish snooker player who won a record seven world titles and dominated the game throughout the 1990s. In 1984, at age 15, Hendry became the youngest Scottish amateur snooker champion...

Allison Fisher is an English-born billiards player known as the “Duchess of Doom” for her deadly consistent shot making and no-nonsense style of play. Her achievements led many observers of cue sports...

Willie Hoppe was a U.S. master of carom (balkline and three-cushion) billiards. He was one of the most durable of all sports champions, winning 51 world titles between 1906 and 1952. After being taught...

Clark McConachy was a New Zealand professional billiards player who was the world billiards champion from 1951 to 1968. McConachy, with Australian Walter Lindrum and Englishmen Joe Davis and Tom Newman,...

Luther Lassiter was an American billiards player who, at the time of his death, was considered by many to be the best nine-ball player of all time. Lassiter, who dropped out of school at the age of 16...

Welker Cochran was a prominent American billiards player who, with his rivals Willie Hoppe and Jake Schaefer, Jr., dominated the game for the first three decades of the 20th century. Cochran began playing...

Joe Davis was an English billiards and snooker player who was the world snooker champion from 1927 until his retirement in 1946. During his career Davis scored a total of 689 century breaks and held the...