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Steve Cook (pool player)
Steve Cook (December 31, 1946 – October 21, 2003), was an American professional player and instructor of pocket billiards (pool). He is best known for the extremely challenging game of one-pocket, which Cook described as "the pool game for and creative abilities."〔〕 He was nicknamed "Cookie Monster", and due to his unassuming appearance hiding world-class talent, "the Clark Kent of one-pocket".〔 Cook was inducted into the One Pocket Hall of Fame in 2005.〔 Multiple world championship winner Allen Hopkins said of Cook that he "was probably the best player in the world from 1976 until the mid-".〔 A revised obituary for the website.〕
==Early life==
As a child, born in Lima, Ohio, Cook suffered debilitating bone deterioration in his right hip, from ages 5 to 10, preventing him from playing running sports, and leading to a focus on hand–eye coordination games.〔 By his teens, Cook was a local champion at table tennis and golf (also winning the National Putter Tournament at 15), as well an accomplished bowler.〔 He did not begin playing pool until age 14, but soon focused all of his sporting attention on the game. By 19, Cook had attracted a pro, Danny Jones, to play him in an exhibition match, and went on to place 23rd at his first Stardust Open tournament at the titular casino in Las Vegas, Nevada..〔
He subsequently managed a pool hall in Springfield, Ohio, and in 1968 moved to Tampa, Florida where he ran Dale Mabry Billiards with is friend and one-pocket mentor〔〔 "Lefty" Goff for several years.〔
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