Jose Parica

Jose Parica, born in 1949 in Manila, is a Filipino professional pool player nicknamed Amang and the Giant Killer, who pioneered the Filipino invasion of American pool in the late 1970s, especially in nine-ball. In 1976 he organized the Philippine Pocket Billiards Association and became its first president, and in 1978 he became the first professional Filipino billiards player to travel to the United States. In 1982 he won the Playboy All-Around Classic, making him the first male Asian player to win a professional pool event in the United States, and in 1988 he won the JPPA World 9-Ball Championship in Japan by beating Efren Reyes 9 to 3. He had won more than 100 international tournaments, and in 1997 he played a perfect TPA score of .1000 over a race to 11 racks.