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Buffalo Billiards & Mike Massey - Trick Shot Champ March 4!

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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.[1]

From 1989 to 1991 he served as a contributing editor of The Snap Magazine. Massey was born in Loudon, Tennessee,[2] and for several years lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee,[3] where he owned a pool hall. He has the nickname of “Tennessee Tarzan“, but he now lives in Midway, Utah.[4]

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Massey was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Billiard Congress of America on April 7, 2005.[5] For 2007 he was ranked as #8 in Pool & Billiard Magazine‘s poll of the “Fans’ Top 20 Favorite Players”.[6]

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