Erwin Rudolph

{{Short description|American pool player (1893–1957)}} {{Infobox pool player | name = Erwin Rudolph | honorific_suffix = | image = Erwin Rudolph.jpg | image_size = | alt =  | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|12|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1957|05|19|1893|12|30|df=yes}} | death_place = | sport_country = {{USA}} | nickname = | professional = | game = | best_finish = | major_wins = | minor_wins = | other_wins = | world_champ = Straight Pool (1927, 1927, 1930, 1933, 1941) | website =  | medaltemplates = }} '''Erwin Rudolph''' (December 30, 1893 – May 19, 1957) was an American pocket billiards player from Cleveland, Ohio and a five-time world champion. One of his great feats was running 125 points in 32 minutes (now eclipsed).

==Biography== Rudolph was born on December 30, 1893, in Cleveland, Ohio.<ref name=draft>Erwin Rudolph in the World War II draft registration working for the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company</ref> He gained national recognition in 1926 when he won the world pocket billiard title, besting Ralph Greenleaf, who held it for six years. Rudolph won the championship again in 1933, a third time in that same year and for the fourth and final time in 1941.<ref name=HoF/> His best run in straight pool was 277.<ref>{{cite news | title = Rudolph Runs 277 Balls in Pocket Billiard Match| publisher = Chicago Tribune| page = 25| date = March 12, 1935}}</ref> He then went to work for the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company.<ref name=draft/> Rudolph died on May 19, 1957, in Sayre, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite news |title=Erwin Rudolph, Billiards Player. Ex-Holder of World Pocket Title Dies. Toured Military Posts During the War |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/05/20/archives/erwin-rudolph-billiards-player-exholder-of-world-pocket-title.html |agency=Associated Press |work=The New York Times |date=May 20, 1957 |access-date=2010-10-15 }}</ref>

==Legacy== Rudolph was inducted to the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1987.<ref name=HoF>{{Cite web |url = http://www.bca-pool.com/industry/hof/ind85-91.shtml |title = HOF Inductees 1985 - 1991 |work = BCA-Pool.com |year = 2007 |access-date = 2007-12-05 |publisher = Billiard Congress of America |location = Broomfield, Colorado |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071118160201/http://www.bca-pool.com/industry/hof/ind85-91.shtml |archive-date = 2007-11-18 }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rudolph, Erwin}} Category:American pool players Category:1893 births Category:1957 deaths Category:Sportspeople from Cleveland Category:World champions in pool Category:People from Sayre, Pennsylvania Category:Sportspeople from Bradford County, Pennsylvania Category:Straight pool world champions Category:20th-century American sportsmen