Dick Lane is a professional
pocket billiards (pool) player from
Dallas, Texas.
In 1977, he reached the finals of the
BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship but lost to
Tom Jennings
Thomas Daniel Jennings (born 1955) is a Los Angeles-based artist, known for his work on FidoNet and for his work at Phoenix Software on MS-DOS integration and interoperability.
Work
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despite leading 196–42 and being only four balls away from the championship.
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."
Titles
* 1989 Huebler Cup Open 9-Ball
* 1990 Willard's Spring Classic 9-Ball
* 1990 Houston Open 9-Ball
References
American pool players
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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