
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, September 18, 1993                   TAG: 9309180247
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
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POOL GREAT MOSCONI DIES AT 80

Willie Mosconi, a world champion billiards player over nearly two decades, died at his home in Haddon Heights, N.J. He was 80.

Mosconi died Thursday of a heart attack, a funeral director said. An inductee in the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame, he won the world title 15 times from 1940 through 1957.

Among Mosconi's career highlights was his 1941 world championship title in the longest billiard tournament event in the game's history, according to Pool & Billiard Magazine's June issue.

That round-robin event featured the top eight players, each of whom would play every other player 32 times. Participants played five days a week over a six-month period in six cities. Mosconi set many records during the tournament, including the fastest game of record with 125 points in 30 minutes.

by CNB