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Alfredo de Oro (April 28, 1863 – April 22 or 23, 1948〔http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Buffalo%20NY%20Courier%20Express/Buffalo%20NY%20Courier%20Express%201948/Buffalo%20NY%20Courier%20Express%201948%20-%203274.pdf#xml=http://www.fultonhistory.com/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=138e5878&DocId=5796328&Index=Z%3a\Index%20I-E-V&HitCount=5&hits=d7b+d7c+d7d+f66+f6b+&SearchForm=C%3a\inetpub\wwwroot\Fulton_New_form.html&.pdf〕〔http://www.fultonhistory.com/Process%20Small/Newspapers/Utica%20NY%20Daily%20Press/Utica%20NY%20Daily%20Press%201948%20pdf/Utica%20NY%20Daily%20Press%201948%20-%201744.pdf#xml=http://www.fultonhistory.com/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=ffffffffe20e610e&DocId=11618753&Index=Z%3a\Index%20O-G-T-S&HitCount=2&hits=1341+134b+&SearchForm=C%3a\inetpub\wwwroot\Fulton_New_form.html&.pdf〕) was a Cuban professional carom billiards and pool player who several times held the world title in both three-cushion billiards and straight pool simultaneously. He was posthumously inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 1967, one of the very few non-Americans to receive the honor.〔("The BCA Hall of Fame" ), Billiard Congress of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; accessed February 2, 2007〕 He was ranked number 4 on the ''Billiards Digest 50 Greatest Players of the Century''. ==Biography== He was born April 28, 1863 in Manzanillo, Cuba. His first public appearance as a professional was in the fourth US National Fifteen-ball Championship, held in New York, February, 1887. From 1887 to 1908 he lost only one game in over forty match at continuous pool and has been winner of eleven World Championships. He defeated English champion John Roberts, Sr. in an 1893 contest in New York, scoring 1,000 to 927, and later won the 1894 Havana International tournament. He won the World Continuous Pool Championship in a match against Jerome R. Keogh in New York, November, 1910, making the highest record of 81. He also held the three-cushion championship title three times during 1910. In 1912 he was defeated in pocket billiards by James Maturo of Denver, Colorado in Philadelphia by a score of 150 to 136. In 1914 he defeated Charles R. Morin in three-cushion billiards for the national championship. He died June 2, 1948. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfredo de Oro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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