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Michael "Mike" Massey (born April 9, 1947) is an American professional pocket-billiards (pool) player, best known as a trick-shot artist since the late 1970s, who has given substantial visibility to the sport by traveling the globe to perform exhibitions and compete in a variety of disciplines. He has won professional national and international tournaments in trick-shot competition, nine-ball, eight-ball, straight-pool (14.1 continuous), and one-pocket, and he has become even more influential in the sport as an accomplished instructor, consultant, and fund-raiser.〔http://www.insidepool.com/article411.html〕 From 1989 to 1991 he served as a contributing editor of ''The Snap Magazine''. Massey was born in Loudon, Tennessee, and for several years lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he owned a pool hall. He has the nickname of "Tennessee Tarzan", but he now lives in Midway, Utah.〔 〕 Massey was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Billiard Congress of America on April 7, 2005.〔http://www.bca-pool.com/marketing/releases/2005/022005pr.shtml〕 For 2007 he was ranked as #8 in ''Pool & Billiard Magazine'' ==Titles and achievements== * 2007 ''Pool & Billiard Magazine'' Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players, #8 * 2005 induction into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame *2004 Trick Shot Magic Champion *2003 Trick Shot Magic Champion *2003 World Artistic Pool Champion *2002 World Artistic Pool Champion *2002 BCA North American Artistic Pool Champion *2001 Trick Shot Magic Champion *2000 World Artistic Pool Champion *2000 BCA North American Artistic Pool Champion *2000 World Artistic Pool Champion *2000 Trick Shot Magic Champion *1996 Snooker World Trick Shot Champion *1992 Snooker World Trick Shot Champion *1997 Senior Nine-ball Masters Champion *1996 winning team member in the Mosconi Cup, Team USA *1996 Dutch National Eight-ball Champion *1996 Hall of Fame Eight-ball Champion *High runs of 9 racks of nine-ball in tournament play, and 13 racks in challenge match play *High run of 224 balls in straight pool *11,230 balls pocketed in marathon shooting (24 hours) *8,090 balls pocketed in marathon shooting with one arm *World record for most racks of nine-ball run in 24-hour period: 330 racks on live television in Austria, complete runs 1 through 9 (9 balls pocketed on the break or in combination shot did not count) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mike Massey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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