Rudolf Wanderone
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Rudolf Walter Wanderone, commonly known as Minnesota Fats, was an American professional pool player. Although he never won a major pool tournament as "Fats", he was at one time perhaps the most public
Cropped Photo of Rudolf Wanderone
Wanderone's first billiards teacher, the German champion Erich Hagenlocher
Promotional poster for The Player (1971) starring Wanderone as "Fats".
Willie Mosconi
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William Joseph Mosconi was an American professional pool player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mosconi is widely considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. Between the years of 1941 an
Rudolf Wanderone
…based upon him. He parlayed the association with the film into his own book deals and television appearances, including a series of matches with rival Willie Mosconi. Later in life, Wanderone divorced Evelyn and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he married his second wife, Theresa, with whom he remained until his…
Photo with autograph by Mosconi, signed January 1958