Cowboy Jimmy Moore

Cowboy Jimmy Moore, whose full name was James William Moore, was a world-class American pocket billiards player, born on September 14, 1910, on a farm in Troup County, Georgia, who died on November 17, 1999 and lived for most of his life in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was best known for mastery of straight pool. He won the Michigan State Championship four times, placed second at the World Straight Pool Championship on four occasions, and won the National Pocket Billiards Championship in 1958 and 1965 and the Legends of Pocket Billiards Tournament in 1984. He was noted for his flamboyant cowboy dress and a rare slip stroke, worked as a technical adviser on television and film productions, and is an inductee of the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame and the Albuquerque Sports Hall of Fame.