• Joseph Mosconi (/mɒˈskoʊni/; June 27, 1913 – September 17, 1993) was an American professional pool player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mosconi is widely...
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  • and television appearances, including a series of matches with rival Willie Mosconi. Later in life, Wanderone divorced Evelyn and moved to Nashville, Tennessee...
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  • representing Europe and the United States. Named after American pool player Willie Mosconi, the event is comparable to the Ryder Cup in golf and the Weber Cup...
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  • Talmudist Lisa Mosconi, Italian American neuroscientist Paolo Mosconi (1914–1982), Italian archbishop, Vatican diplomat Willie Mosconi (1913–1993), American...
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    Waitress Pool champion Willie Mosconi has a cameo appearance as Willie, who holds the stakes for Eddie and Fats's games. Mosconi's hands also appear in...
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    picked up by local news and subsequently by the national press outlets. Willie Mosconi – famed as the 19-time winner of the World Straight Pool Championship...
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  • and a spectator brings pool player Willie Mosconi from an adjoining boxing gym where he is watching a fight. Mosconi wagers a large sum of money on Diddley...
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  • professional players made cameo appearances, including Lou Butera, Willie Mosconi, Steve Mizerak, Mike Sigel and Jimmy Mataya. As of January 2009, the...
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  • The Mosconi Brothers were an American dance act in vaudeville, comprising Charles Steven Mosconi (January 1, 1892 – March 1, 1975) and Louis Camille Mosconi...
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  • tournament continued unsanctioned from 2011 to 2019. Ralph Greenleaf & Willie Mosconi are the most successful players having both won the tournament on 19...
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  • level with the greatest pocket-billiard masters of the day, including Willie Mosconi and Irving Crane. After the sudden decline of the gambling action in...
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  • Nartzik (1967) • Jake Schaefer Sr. (1968) Jake Schaefer Jr. (1968) Willie Mosconi (1968) Herman Rambow (1969) • Harold Worst (1970) John Hyatt (1971)...
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    so for large runs. On March 19, 1954, Willie Mosconi set a record-high run of 526 points over 36 racks. Mosconi had been playing a race-to-200-points...
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    played a game of chess). On the other hand, Wanderone's public rival, Willie Mosconi, called one-pocket a gimmick game for gamblers. Well known one pocket...
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  • Willy (redirect from Willie)
    manufacturer Willie Mitchell (disambiguation) Willie Mosconi (1913–1993), American pool player Willie Moretti (1894–1951), Italian-American mobster Willy...
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  • Throughout Moore's career he competed against the best in the world such as Willie Mosconi, Irving Crane and Luther Lassiter, winning the National Pocket Billiards...
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    Retrieved 4 May 2020. Dyer, R. A. (2007). The Hustler and the Champ: Willie Mosconi, Minnesota Fats, and the Rivalry that Defined Pool. Guilford, CT: Lyons...
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    of the 20th century. Willie Mosconi, a Philadelphia native, won the World Straight Pool Championship 15 consecutive times. Mosconi is considered one of...
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    1956, Kinston was the site of a rare, perfect game of billiards, as Willie Mosconi sank 150 balls in a row in one inning against Jimmy Moore. In 2018,...
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  • predicted a golden future for Mizerak, and he was already being compared to Willie Mosconi. In 1965 when Mizerak was 20 years old he qualified for the World Straight...
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    television appearances alongside such billiard stars and celebrities as Willie Mosconi, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Falk, Hugh Downs and Sonny Fox. She would later...
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  • Mickelson, golfer Mike Modano, hockey player Joe Montana, football player Willie Mosconi, billiard player George Musso, football player Johnny Musso, football...
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    "Willie Mosconi, 80; Was Champion Billiards Player", The Seattle Times, September 18, 1993. Accessed January 2, 2011. "Haddon Heights, N.J. - Willie Mosconi...
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  • Williams (born 1968), of Polish, Italian and African-American descent Willie Mosconi (1913–1993), born billiards player. Charles Atlas (1892–1972) Evan Centopani...
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  • screenwriter, cancer. Jon Jelacic, 56, American gridiron football player. Willie Mosconi, 80, American pool player, heart attack. Christian Nyby, 80, American...
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  • Stirling Moss N/A 30 November 12, 1962 (1962-11-12) Frankie Laine, Willie Mosconi, Jane Harvey Yvonne Constant 31 November 13, 1962 (1962-11-13) Virginia...
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  • plus expenses for his performance. In the era of pool champions like Willie Mosconi and Irving Crane, the standard dress code for professional pool saw...
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    years in a row, from 1975 to 1978, and world champion in 1976 and 1978; Willie Mosconi was a 15-time World Billiard champion; Eddie Arcaro was a 5-time Kentucky...
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  • a small role as a KAOS agent. Pool expert "Willie Marconi" is based on real life Pool expert Willie Mosconi. The title is a takeoff of "Dead Sea Scrolls...
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    1943), former football player Tony Morgano (1913–1984), former boxer Willie Mosconi (1913–1993), former professional billiards player Matthew Saad Muhammad...
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