Michael "Mike" Massey is an American

United States

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 professional pocket billiards

Pocket billiards

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 (pool) player, best known as a trick shot

Trick shot

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 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

Straight Pool

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 (14.1 continuous), and one-pocket, but has been even more influential in the sport as an accomplished instructor, consultant and fund raiser. From 1989 to 1991 he served as a contributing editor for The Snap Magazine

The Snap Magazine

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. Massey, who was born in Loudon, Tennessee

Loudon, Tennessee

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 has been nickname

Nickname

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d "Tennessee

Tennessee

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 Tarzan

Tarzan

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", but lives in Midway, Utah

Midway, Utah

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Massey was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America

Billiard Congress of America

Billiard Congress of America is a governing body for cue sports in North America , the regional member organization of the World Pool-Billiard Association...

's Hall of Fame on April 7, 2005. For 2007, he was ranked #8 in Pool & Billiard Magazine's "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players" poll.

Titles and achievements

• 2007 Pool & Billiard Magazine Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players, #8
• 2005 induction into the Billiard Congress of America
  Billiard Congress of America
  Billiard Congress of America is a governing body for cue sports in North America , the regional member organization of the World Pool-Billiard Association...
  
  '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
  Mosconi Cup
  The Mosconi Cup is an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested between teams representing Europe and the USA since 1994. The trophy is named after American player Willie Mosconi, and is modeled on and compared to the Ryder Cup in golf...
  
  , 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
  Austria
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  , complete runs 1 through 9 (9 balls pocketed on the break or in combination shot did not count)