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Edward Lee (billiards player)

Edward Lee (billiards player)

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Edward Lancaster Lee (29 September 1905 – 18 May 1969)[1] was an American professional carom billiards player from New York City.

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Career

Although three-cushion billiards was popular in the United States at that time, most of the American players competed in the World Championship staged in their country where the likes of Willie Hoppe and Welker Cochran were the dominant contenders. Edward Lee, however, was the only American three-cushion player at the time to win the UMB World Three-cushion Championship, defeating fellow American Eugene Deardorff for the title in 1936.[1][2]

As an amateur, Lee (representing the exclusive New York Athletic Club) won the 1931 National Association of Amateur Billiard Players Championship, defeating Alfredo de Oro Jr.,[3] son of the famed Cuban World Champion, 50–27 in the 73rd inning, despite de Oro sweeping 16 innings in a row at one point in the match.[4][5]

Lee was also a top amateur long-distance swimmer.[4][1][6]

References

  1. [1]
    Weingartner, Heinrich; Haase, Dieter (2009). Enzyklopädie des Billardsports (in German). Vol. 2. Vienna: Heinrich Weingartner. pp. 790, 855. ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3.
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    "Profile/Palmares". Kozoom.com. 2016. Archived from the original on November 21, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  3. [3]
    Berkow, Ira (12 August 1995). "BILLIARDS; A Top Player Survives That Sinking Feeling". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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    "Who Won". Time. March 9, 1931. Archived from the original on November 12, 2010. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
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    Wikipedia, Source (September 2013). American Carom Billiards Players. General Books. ISBN 9781230534114. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. [6]
    Heinrich Weingartner, Dieter Haase (2009). Enzyklopädie des Billardsports (in German). Vol. 2. Heinrich Weingartner. p. 805. ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3.
Preceded by UMB World Three-cushion Champion
1936		 Succeeded by


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