Dallas West

American pool player

Dallas West
Dallas West at the 2005 IPT King of the Hill Shootout
Born	1941 (age 82–83) Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
Sport country	United States
Best finish	Runner-up 1995 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

Dallas West (born 1941, Rockford, Illinois) is an American pool player and was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1996.^[1]

West is known for having a strong competitive spirit and is respected by his peers as being a gentleman player. He has the distinction of being the only player to compete in every one of the BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship up until 2000.

In May 1997, Dallas West made a ball on the break without scratching on each of his 11 breaks en route to an 11-1 victory over John Duclos.^[2]

At age 13, he had run 97 balls at straight pool. West was the US Open straight pool champion in 1975 and 1983.

In December 2005, Dallas West competed in the International Pool Tour's King of the Hill Shootout, a 42-player invitational round-robin eight-ball tournament, in Orlando, Florida. Each one of the 14 BCA Hall of Famers who attended were paid $30,000, win or lose, to compete in this event as a tribute to their accomplishments in pocket billiards.^[3]

Professional career

1968 Midwest Open 14.1 Championship
1968 Motor City Pocket Straight Pool Classic
1971 Midwest Open 14.1 Championship
1972 Milwaukee 14.1 Championship
1973 Illinois 3-Cushion Tournament
1973 Midwest Open 14.1 Championship
1974 Cue-Nique 9-Ball Open
1975 BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship
1978 Virginia Beach 14.1 Tournament
1978 A.B.A 3-Cushion Tournament
1979 Gentleman Jim's 9-Ball Tournament
1979 Joe Farhat's 9-Ball Open
1981 Wisconsin 9-Ball Open
1983 BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship
1984 Lite Beer Series of Tavern Pool Pro 9-Ball
1984 Chicago 9-Ball Open
1994 Mosconi Cup
1996 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame

References

^ "Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame, Dallas West, 1996". Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
^ Accu-Stats, a Statistical Analysis of Nine-Ball Pocket Billiards, Volume 3, No. 3, May 1987
^ "Dallas West, International Pool Tour Player Bio". Archived from the original on 2007-08-04. Retrieved 2007-05-17.