{{Short description|American pool player (born 1947)}} {{about||the baseball player|Mike Massey (baseball)|other people|Mike Massey (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use American English|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox pool player | honorific_suffix = | image = Mike Massey setting up a trick shot.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Massey setting up a trick shot | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|04|09|df=yes}} | birth_place = Loudon, Tennessee, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}} --> | death_place = | sport_country = {{USA}} | nickname = "Tennessee Tarzan" | professional = | game = | best_finish = | major_wins = | minor_wins = | other_wins = | world_champ = Artistic Pool (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005) <br /> Snooker Trickshot (1992, 1997, 2005) | current_ranking = | highest_ranking = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.Example.com}} and leave off the "www." part if not necessary --> | medaltemplates = }}

'''Michael Massey''' (born April 9, 1947), professionally known as '''Mike Massey''', is an American professional pool player. From 1989 to 1991 he served as a contributing editor of ''The Snap Magazine''. Massey was born in Loudon, Tennessee,<ref name="Professional pool player Mike Massey puts on trick-shot exhibition in Craig">{{Cite web |url=http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2010/aug/17/professional-pool-player-mike-massey-puts-trick-sh/ |title=Professional pool player Mike Massey puts on trick-shot exhibition in Craig |author=Ben Bulkeley |date=August 17, 2010 |publisher=Craig Daily Press |access-date=November 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232042/http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2010/aug/17/professional-pool-player-mike-massey-puts-trick-sh/ |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and for several years lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee,<ref name="The Agony & The Ecstasy of Mike Massey">{{Cite web |url=http://www.billiardsdigest.com/current_issue/may_05/index.php |title=The Agony & The Ecstasy of Mike Massey 'Billiard's Digest' |author=Mike Geffner |publisher=Luby Publishing, Inc. |access-date=2012-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824160510/http://www.billiardsdigest.com/current_issue/may_05/index.php |archive-date=2018-08-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> where he owned a pool hall. He has the nickname of "Tennessee Tarzan", but he now lives in Midway, Utah.<ref name="APTSA WPA 2007">{{Cite web |url=http://www.trickshotproductions.com/tournaments/2007wpawc.pdf |title=2007 World Championship (The Lider Club &ndash; St. Petersburg &ndash; Russia) December 5&ndash;8, 2007 |work=TrickShotProductions.com |at="APTSA Library" section |publisher=Artistic Pool & Trick Shot Association |location=Watertown, MA |year=2007 |access-date=2008-08-27 |archive-date=2022-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328052536/http://www.trickshotproductions.com/tournaments/2007wpawc.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Massey was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Billiard Congress of America on April 7, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bca-pool.com/marketing/releases/2005/022005pr.shtml |title=BCA February 2005 Press Releases |access-date=2008-01-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622000854/http://www.bca-pool.com/marketing/releases/2005/022005pr.shtml |archive-date=2007-06-22 }}{{Clarify|date=March 2009}}<!--This is not a proper reference citation; use {{Cite web}} to provide source details.--></ref> For 2007 he was ranked as #8 in ''Pool & Billiard Magazine''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s poll of the "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players".<ref name="PBM Feb. 2008 2">{{Cite magazine|title=The Survey Says...: ''Pool & Billiard Magazine'''s 22nd Annual Player and Fan Poll|magazine=Pool & Billiard Magazine|date=February 2008|volume=26|issue=2|issn=1049-2852|publisher=Sports Publications|location=Summerville, South Carolina|page=14}}</ref>

==World Trickshot Championship== In 1991, Massey took part in the inaugural World Trickshot Championship in the United Kingdom and despite not winning the event, demonstrated his skills in a special "duel" against the former World Snooker Champion Steve Davis before a live audience, hosted by TV personality Jeremy Beadle. Massey also demonstrated his ability to impart spin onto a ball with his hand, throwing {{cuegloss|cue ball}}s from the {{cuegloss|baulk}} end of the 12-foot-long snooker table, which would then curve around and travel behind the {{cuegloss|black spot}} to {{cuegloss|pocket}} (snooker term: {{cuegloss|pot}}) a {{cuegloss|red ball}} placed in front of the {{cuegloss|top}} righthand pocket, without the cue ball touching a {{cuegloss|cushion}}.<ref>''Amazing Trickshots: The Duel'', video footage, VHS home video, MIS 10009, 1991.</ref> Massey used props and illusion as an integral part of his routine, such as two balls bonded together, magic props and card tricks. In the words of the 1991 World Trickshot Champion Terry Griffiths: "I feel quite embarrassed to have won actually; Mike Massey is miles ahead of the rest of us. I think it was maybe a touch of nerves that put him off tonight."<ref>''The World Trickshot Championship'', televised winners interview, 1991, VHS home video, MIS 10002</ref> Massey would go on to win the event in later years.

==Titles & achievements== *2024 Artistic Pool Hall of Fame *2008 World Cup of Trick Shots *2006 Trick Shot Magic Championship *2005 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame *2005 WPA World Artistic Pool Championship *2005 World Snooker Trickshot Championship *2004 Trick Shot Magic Championship *2004 Hard Times 9-Ball Open *2003 Trick Shot Magic Championship *2003 WPA World Artistic Pool Championship *2002 BCA North American Artistic Pool Championship *2002 WPA World Artistic Pool Championship *2001 Trick Shot Magic Championship *2000 BCA North American Artistic Pool Championship *2000 World Pool Masters Trick Shot Challenge *2000 WPA World Artistic Pool Championship *2000 Trick Shot Magic Championship *1997 World Snooker Trickshot Championship *1997 Senior Nine-ball Masters Championship *1996 Mosconi Cup *1996 Dutch National Eight-ball Championship *1993 World Snooker Trickshot Championship *1984 Sylacauga Open 9-Ball *1982 Classic Cup 9-Ball

==Records== *11,230 balls pocketed in marathon shooting (24 hours) *8,090 balls pocketed in marathon shooting with one arm (24 hours) *330 racks of nine-ball run on live television (24 hours)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2004-01-23/community/0401210301_1_massey-nine-ball-racks|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218064831/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2004-01-23/community/0401210301_1_massey-nine-ball-racks|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2017|title=Right On Cue|last=Holehan|first=Peter|date=2004-01-23|newspaper=Sun Sentinel|access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{1995 United States Mosconi Cup team}} {{1996 United States Mosconi Cup team}}

{{s-start}} {{s-non| reason=Inaugural champion}} {{s-ttl| title=WPA World Artistic Pool Champion|years=2000}} {{s-aft| after=Charles Darling}} {{s-bef| before=Charles Darling}} {{s-ttl| title=WPA World Artistic Pool Champion|years=2002 and 2003}} {{s-aft| after=Lukasz Szywala}} {{s-bef| before=Lukasz Szywala}} {{s-ttl| title=WPA World Artistic Pool Champion|years=2005}} {{s-aft| after=Tom Rossman}} {{s-end}}

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