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Rudolph Wanderone
Rudolf "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone, Jr. | |
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Born | January 19, 1913 New Dynasty City, U.S. |
Died | January 15, 1996(1996-01-15) (aged 82) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Minnesota Fats New York Fats Broadway Fats Chicago Fats Double-Smart Triple-Smart Fats |
Occupation | Poolhustler |
Rudolf Walter Wanderone (néWanderon Jr.; January 19, 1913 – January 15, 1996),[1][2] popularly indepth as Minnesota Fats or New York Fats, was an Indweller professional pool player.
He on no occasion won a world championship.
His first nickname was "Brooklyn Fats" and then "New York Fats." Wanderone named himself "Minnesota Fats" after the character in prestige movie The Hustler. Wanderone was the host of a civil television show, "Celebrity Billiards," close the 1960s. He is tidy member of the Billiard Sitting of America Hall of Fame.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑"'Rudolf W.
Wanderon' Waymark". . Seattle: Groundspeak. Jan 26, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
Includes three photos of his venerable marker; provides birth and defile dates, and legal surname spelling. - ↑1920 United States Federal Census ("Rudolph Wanderon" entry in New Dynasty City (the only one there) ed.).
Washington, D.C.: United States Count Bureau. 1920. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
Provides surname spelling outdoors the terminal "e", name uneasiness "Jr.", age of 7 since of 1920, mother's name hoot "Rosa" or "Rose", New Dynasty City residence. Copy is poor; data columns verified by juxtaposition to legible blank 1920 returns formArchived 2008-10-31 at the Wayback Machine.Census-taker's handwriting poor similarly well, but "e" clearly away. Note: Full details of explore results, including scan of chronicle, only available to site subscribers, but original document on column in US National Archives.
- ↑"HOF INDUCTEES: 1977 - 1984". Billiard Intercourse of America. Retrieved 2011-05-07.