Willie Mosconi

He always wore a pocket square. Say that for Willie Mosconi: The man could fill a pocket with style.

The old man with the custom cue knocks the balls off the table as if he were a schoolboy with a slingshot and the stripes and solids were so many crows perched on a telephone wire. Click click click. When the pool...

He is 55 years old, his build is slight, his taste in clothes is that of the conservative businessman he is—but Irving Crane happens also to be one of the greatest pool players of all time

After 10 years in retirement the old champion is as lethal as ever

•Willie Mosconi, on the rise of billiards: "Now, I'd like to put pool in nice places with plush carpets. Put it in the light where everyone can see and enjoy it."