Steve Cook

Steve Cook, nicknamed Cookie Monster and the Clark Kent of one-pocket, was an American professional player and instructor of pocket billiards, born in Lima, Ohio, on December 31, 1946, who died on October 21, 2003. He is best known for one-pocket, the pool game he described as the one for strategical and creative abilities. Childhood hip problems kept him from running sports, so he focused on hand and eye games, and he began playing pool at fourteen. He managed a pool hall in Springfield, Ohio, and later ran Dale Mabry Billiards in Tampa, Florida. He was both one-pocket and all-around champion at the 1970 Stardust Open at the age of 23, and was inducted into the One Pocket Hall of Fame in 2005.