Dick Lane (pool player)

Dick Lane is a professional pocket billiards (pool) player from Dallas, Texas.^[1] In 1977, he reached the finals of the US Open 14.1 Pocket Billiards Championship but lost to Tom Jennings despite leading 196–42 and being only four balls away from the championship.^[2]

Lane was the subject of an extensive profile Texas Monthly, which nicknamed him "the Shootist" and went on to say: "Over the past three decades, Lane has established himself as the state's greatest pool player ever, a two-time Southwest Player of the Year who has won more than one hundred tournaments and set benchmarks that his rivals can only dream of (he's run 324 consecutive balls in straight pool and nine straight racks in nine ball)."^[3]

References

1. "2007 player profiles". The A to Z of Billiards and Pool. AZBilliards.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
2. Peretz, Howard G. (1999). It Ain't Over 'Til The Fat Lady Sings: The 100 Greatest Sports Finishes of All Time. New York: Barnes and Nobles Books. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0-7607-1707-9.
3. Geffner, Michael (January 2000). "The Shootist: Dick Lane Is the Best Texas Pool Player Ever – And You Can Take That to the Bank Shot". Texas Monthly.