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Rudolph Wanderone Jr. is also known as Minnesota Fats. He is considered to be the most popular pool player in the entire world for not being able to win any serious pool competition.

He started pool hustling during his early years. It was with the help of Willie Mosconi, another billiard hall of famer inductee, that Minnesota Fats turned out to be the lead star of a tv show aired weekly where two pool players show competing against each other. Minnesota Fats may have always lost the battles to Mosconi during these tv matches but it surely did not stop him from becoming a legend in his own right in the world of pool. He became a billiard hall of famer inductee himself in 1984.

Fats was able to make lots of money out of his pool skills during that time. He is known for being capable of shooting pool with just one hand and became popular for wearing hundred dollar bills in his suit’s handkerchief pocket.

Photos via pool.meetup.com and davidicke.com