Erwin Rudolph

Erwin Rudolph was an American pocket billiards player from Cleveland, Ohio, born on December 30, 1893, who died on May 19, 1957 in Sayre, Pennsylvania, and who won five world championships. He gained national recognition in 1926 when he won the world pocket billiard title from Ralph Greenleaf, who had held it for six years, and he won it again in 1933, a third time that same year, and for the fourth time in 1941. One of his great feats was running 125 points in 32 minutes, and his best run in straight pool was 277. He later worked for the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company and was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1987.