Eddy Merckx (billiards player) — Eddy Merckx (born Reet, Belgium, 4 September 1968) is a Belgian professional three cushion billiards player.In the year 2006, he beat Nikos Polychronopoulos 3 ndash;1 to win the world title in three cushions billiards. In 2007, he added the… … Wikipedia
John Roberts, Jr. (billiards player) — John Roberts Jr. (15 August 1847 ndash; 23 December 1919) was a dominant professional player of English billiards. He was also a notable manufacturer of billiards cues and tables, and promoter of the sport. Early years Roberts Jr. lived in the… … Wikipedia
Mike Russell (billiards player) — Mike Russell (born 3 June 1969 in Middlesbrough, England), is an eleven time World Champion in the game of English billiards, the greatest number in the postwar era. Russell, who turned professional in 1989, is the no. 1 player in the world as of … Wikipedia
William Cook (billiards player) — William Cook was a professional player of English billiards in the 19th century. He won the World Championship on several occasions.Cook s first title challenge came in 1870, which was the first actual match for a recognised Billiards… … Wikipedia
Player — may refer to: * Player (dating), slang term for a (usually male, but also female) individual skilled at sexual seduction * Player (game), a participant in a game ** Player character ** Player coach ** Player manager ** Player (political)Theatre,… … Wikipedia
Billiards — Bil liards, n. [F. billiard billiards, OF. billart staff, cue form playing, fr. bille log. See {Billet} a stick.] A game played with ivory balls o a cloth covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
billiards — billiardist, n. /bil yeuhrdz/, n. (used with a sing. v.) any of several games played with hard balls of ivory or of a similar material that are driven with a cue on a cloth covered table enclosed by a raised rim of rubber, esp. a game played with … Universalium
billiards — noun a) A two player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table. b) The collective noun for games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue … Wiktionary
Bob Marshall (billiards) — Robert James Percival Marshall, OAM, (born in Kalgoorlie in 10 April 1910; died in Perth on 23 February 2004) was a notable Australian amateur player of English billiards, who won the World Amateur Billiards Championship in 1936, 1938, 1951 and… … Wikipedia
Wilson Jones (billiards) — Wilson Lionel Garton Jones (May 2, 1922 mdash;October 5, 2003) was a former Indian billiards player. Jones won the national billiards championship 12 times and won the World Billiards Championship twice (in 1958 and 1964). He was awarded the… … Wikipedia