The Mosconi family lived upstairs from the pool hall owned by Willie’s father, Joseph Mosconi. Mosconi set the world record of 526 consecutive balls in 1954, a mark that remained unbeaten for no less than six decades.
Willie Mosconi, a benchmark and pool prodigyĭuring the 1940s and 1950s, the predominant modality of pocket billiards (pool) was 14.1 (Straight Pool), a specialty considered by those nostalgic for those times as the most difficult with respect to the predominant game today, which is Nine Ball. Mosconi pioneered numerous records, invented numerous trick shots, and helped popularize billiards as a sporting activity in his native country. Pocket Billiards” and he was quickly inducted into the Billiards Congress of America Hall of Fame (BCA Hall of Fame). For most of the 20th century, his name was synonymous with billiards in North America: he was nicknamed “Mr. Between the years 19, he won the 14.1 (Straight Pool) World Championship fifteen times.
William Joseph Mosconi (June 27th, 1913 – September 17th, 1993) was an american professional pool player born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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