Mike Massey

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For the baseball player, see Mike Massey (baseball).

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, and 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, but has been even more influential in the sport as an accomplished instructor, consultant and fund raiser.^[1] From 1989 to 1991 he served as a contributing editor for The Snap Magazine. Massey, who was born in Loudon, Tennessee^[2] has been nicknamed "Tennessee Tarzan", but lives in Midway, Utah.^[3]

Massey was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame on April 7, 2005.^[4] For 2007, he was ranked #8 in Pool & Billiard Magazine's "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players" poll.^[5]

[edit] 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)^{[citation needed]}