Lou Butera

Lou Butera was an American professional pool player, born on May 15, 1937, who died of Parkinson disease in June 2015, and who was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1986. His nickname Machine Gun Lou came from running 150 balls in straight pool in under 25 minutes, and in an exhibition against Luther Lassiter he ran them in just 19 minutes. He was runner-up to Irving Crane at the 1972 World Championship in Los Angeles and won his first World Championship in 1973, and he also won the 1974 All Japan Championship. In 1991 he coached the World Billiard Federation World Team. He appeared in network trick shot competitions on CBS and ABC in 1981 and 1982, in the films The Baltimore Bullet and Racing with the Moon, and in instructional videos.