Willie Hoppe

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William Frederick Hoppe, (b. October 11, 1887, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York; d. February 1, 1959), known predominantly as Willie Hoppe, was an internationally renowned American professional carom billiards champion, and was posthumously inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 1966.

1 Professional career
2 Titles and tournament wins
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Professional career

He won 51 world titles between 1906 and 1952. Other things that brought him to fame were his high runs in three forms of the sport. These are 2,000 in straight rail, 622 in 18.2 balkline, and 25 in three-cushion. He once made a tournament average of 1.333, a world record (at that time, but since broken).

After winning the world title in 1952, Hoppe became a goodwill ambassador for the sport by conducting a series of exhibition matches — including a match in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) against Mr. H.W. Newcomer of Atlanta.

In their column on how to pronounce names, Literary Digest said of Hoppe, "According to an intimate friend of many years' standing, it rimes[sic] with copy".^[1]

[edit] Titles and tournament wins

1906 World 18.1 Balkline Champion (at age 18)
1907 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1908 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1909 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1910 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1910 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1911 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1911 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1912 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1913 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1914 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1914 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1915 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1915 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1916 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1916 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1917 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1917 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1918 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1918 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1919 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1919 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1920 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1920 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1921 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1922 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1923 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1923 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1924 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1924 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1925 World 18.1 Balkline Champion
1926 World 18.1 Balkline Champion^{[citation needed]}
1927 World 18.1 Balkline Champion^{[citation needed]}
1927 World 18.2 Balkline Champion
1936 World Three-cushion Champion
1940 World Three-cushion Champion
1941 World Three-cushion Champion
1942 World Three-cushion Champion
1943 World Three-cushion Champion
1947 World Three-cushion Champion
1948 World Three-cushion Champion
1949 World Three-cushion Champion
1950 World Three-cushion Champion
1951 World Three-cushion Champion
1952 World Three-cushion Champion

[edit] References

^ Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936

[edit] External links

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