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Mike Massey
American pool player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the baseball player, see Mike Massey (baseball). For other people, see Mike Massey (disambiguation).
Michael Massey (born April 9, 1947), professionally known as Mike Massey, is an American professional pool player. From 1989 to 1991 he served as a contributing editor of The Snap Magazine. Massey was born in Loudon, Tennessee,[1] and for several years lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee,[2] where he owned a pool hall. He has the nickname of "Tennessee Tarzan", but he now lives in Midway, Utah.[3]
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Born | (1947-04-09) 9 April 1947 (age 77) Loudon, Tennessee, U.S. |
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Nickname | "Tennessee Tarzan" |
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World Champion | Artistic Pool (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005) Snooker Trickshot (1992, 1997, 2005) |
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Massey was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Billiard Congress of America on April 7, 2005.[4] For 2007 he was ranked as #8 in Pool & Billiard Magazine's poll of the "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players".[5]