Willie Hoppe

Willie Hoppe

William Frederick Hoppe, besser bekannt als Willie Hoppe, (* 11. Oktober 1887 in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, USA; † 1. Februar 1959) war ein mehrfacher US-amerikanischer Billardweltmeister.

Leben

Willie Hoppe gewann zwischen 1906 und 1952 51mal die Professional Weltmeisterschaften und verfasste in dieser Zeit zwei Bücher über Billard. Seinen ersten Weltmeistertitel errang er 1906 gegen Maurice Vignaux in Paris.

Nach seinem letzten Titelgewinn 1952 beendete er seine Karriere und warb durch Spieldemonstrationen für das Spiel. Er wurde 1966 posthum in die Hall of Fame des Billiard Congress of America aufgenommen.

Titel

  • Professional World 18.1 Balkline Champion 1906, 1908-1911 und 1914-1927
  • Professional World 18.2 Balkline Champion 1907, 1910-1920, 1923, 1924 und 1927
  • Professional World Three-cushion Champion 1936, 1940-1943 und 1947-1952

Werke

  • Thirty Years of Billards. Hrsg. von Thomas Emmett Crozier. Reprint der Ausgabe New York: Putnam, 1925. New York: Dover Publications, 1975. ISBN 0486231267
  • Billard As It Should Be Played, 1941. Reprint Chicago: Contemporary Books, Incorporated, 1991. ISBN 0809288370

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