Dick Lane (pool player) explained

Dick Lane is a professional pocket billiards (pool) player from Dallas, Texas.[1] In 1977, he reached the finals of the BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship but lost to Tom Jennings despite leading 196 - 42 and being only four balls away from the championship.[2]

Lane was the subject of an extensive profile Texas Monthly, which nicknamed him "the Shootist" and described him as Texas's greatest pool players, a two-time Southwest Player of the Year who has won many tournaments and has a run of 324 consecutive balls in straight pool and 9 straight racks in nine ball."[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2007 player profiles . The A to Z of Billiards and Pool . AZBilliards.com . 2007 . https://archive.today/20130117112133/http://www.azbilliards.com/thepros/2000showplayer2007.cfm?playernum=834 . dead . 2013-01-17 . 2007-09-08 .
  2. Book: Peretz, Howard G. . It Ain't Over 'Til The Fat Lady Sings: The 100 Greatest Sports Finishes of All Time . Barnes and Nobles Books . New York . 1999 . 70 - 71 . 0-7607-1707-9.
  3. News: The Shootist: Dick Lane Is the Best Texas Pool Player Ever – And You Can Take That to the Bank Shot . Texas Monthly . January 2000 . Michael . Geffner .

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