Grady Mathews

Grady Mathews, also known as the Professor or Mr. One Pocket, was an American pool player born on January 3, 1943, in San Antonio, Texas, who died on April 18, 2012, and was the first inductee into the One-Pocket Hall of Fame in 2004. He promoted pool throughout his career, particularly one-pocket, created the Legends of One-Pocket tournament series, and worked as a technical advisor to movie producers, a commentator for Accu-Stats Video Productions, a producer of instructional videos, a journalist, an author and a coach. He learned the game in California in the late 1950s, became a top player in straight pool, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool, and managed Grady's Billiards in Columbia, South Carolina.