Wade Arlyn Crane (February 20, 1944 - December 26, 2010) is an American professional pool player, dubbed "Boom Boom" because of the cannonball sound that emanates from a strong break. Crane also plays with alias " Billy Johnson ."
Former 8-Ball and 9-Ball World Champion, Crane was the dominant player in the 1980s. He was chosen by his peers to have the best 9-ball break in history.
He has nothing to do with Irving Crane, another American swimmer.
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Wade Arlyn Crane grew up in Robbinsville, a small town with a population of 700 people located in the westernmost part of North Carolina in the Smokey Mountains. He is the youngest of four siblings. His father died in a car accident shortly after he was born, which required him to be raised by his grandmother.
Coming from a simple background, he searched for a job at the age of 12 and got a job in a small five-table billiard room called Cooper's. This is where he originally developed his desire to play billiards. She does odd jobs, keeps the billiard room clean, sweeps the floor, and even has a shoe shine standing up. The owner will direct the customer to play billiards with the young Wade if the pool room is empty. Crane is a self-taught pool player. He immediately began to enjoy a competitive spirit. In high school, he was a defender in the football team, Robbinsville's team, and made it to the country playoff two years in a row.
After high school, Crane decided to leave Robbinsville and live with his brother in Chicago, where he got a job at Brach's Confections, a candy company. He worked there for three years, earning $ 150 a week, and initially had little interest in playing billiards. But sometimes, his older brother, Bill, will call Wade to meet him in the local pool hall on Cicero Avenue. Bill will make a bad game and find himself too strong. He will then call his younger brother, Wade, to free him by asking him to play the same pool player he lost. After that, Bill began to match Wade with the local players. At this time, both Bill and Wade became active in the Chicago pool scene. Soon Wade competes in the Bensinger pool room in Chicago against tough opponents in the area, such as Johnny Mexico, John Abruzzo, and George Walker.
In 1965, Crane made more money playing pool than working at Brach's Confections, so he decided to leave Windy City and move to Atlanta, Georgia. It was at this point that he assumed the alias "Billy Johnson," a moniker he would hang for another 20 years. He changed his name because he wanted to get involved in a money match in the South and was afraid some people might recognize the name "Wade Crane" from previous gambling across the region.
"While I and a friend were driving along the highway to this billiard room, we passed by Howard Johnson," Crane said. He decided to add "Johnson" to "Bill" and came up with the street name "Billy Johnson." It was a good name for him because he had used his brother's fake ID to get into the taverns and rooms in Chicago, so he used to say "Bill."
In the early 70's, Crane returned to North Carolina and set up his own billiards room in Asheville, which is a great attraction for many top players in the country, namely Buddy Hall, Jim Rempe, Mike Sigel, and Allen Hopkins. Now 25-year-old Crane is second-placed Luther Lassiter, who is the 9-Ball Champion from the South.
The money game began to wane, so he decided to move to Knoxville, Tennessee, for a change. This is where he meets his third wife, Linda, who is a waitress at a steak and seafood restaurant. They dated for 18 months before he applied. After they were married, the couple moved back to Crane's hometown of Robbinsville, where he operated a small video arcade and stopped playing pool. It's been three and a half years before his wife sees him shooting pool games.
In 1983, the pool became attractive to Crane once again, due to the huge money payments in the pocket billiard competition. Crane returns to the pool scene, but this time, he will shoot the pool in a new neighborhood, competing in a short race-type match on pure equipment at the tournament instead of gambling away in front of the set on lower equipment in various swimming pool rooms at the whole country.
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Professional career
At the culmination of Crane's game in June 1985, he scored a perfect Accu-Stats in the final against Buddy Hall at Resorts International Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at Last Call for the 9-Ball tournament, a feat which today has not been achieved by another competitor in the billiard tournament during the final game. During one game, he ran seven consecutive shelves against Hall. He was a major money winner of a major professional swimming tournament in 1985.
Derek went unbeaten in the 1985 Open 9-Ball Red Championship in Houston, Texas, until he met Efren Reyes in the final, who at the moment shot a swimming pool under the alias "Cesar Morales." The irony, however, is that Crane happens to be the only other competitor in the 108-player event that also uses the alias, "Billy Johnson," when he takes second place honors. The final score is 13 to 9. This is the first tournament that was later unknown Efren Reyes, swimming champion from the Republic of the Philippines, competed on American soil.
Kolam & amp; Majalah Billiard bernama Wade Crane pada tahun 1985 sebagai Pool & amp; Billiard Magazine's All Star Player of the Year.
In the 1987 Steve Gumphreys Memorial 9-Ball Open tournament held in Jackson, Mississippi, Crane beat Earl Strickland twice in the final of the event of a double elimination format to win the title.
Crane is heralded as a legend by members of the swimming pool industry. He is considered a friendly pool competitor, with a sense of humor enjoyed by his friends, according to Nick Varner and Johnny Archer, both of whom are Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame Inductees.
As the owner of the Crane Billiards Academy, he provides instruction to beginners, amateur players, and professional male and female swimming athletes.
For 15 years, he was an instructional journalist for Pool & amp; Billiards Magazine , provides guidance on shooting options and other pool related strategies in its monthly article entitled "Crane's Winning Way."
Recognition ceremonies to commemorate Derek's retirement at the pool will be held at the 7th Annual One-Pocket Hall of Fame Hall on January 25, 2011, at Derby City Classic 2011. Wade Crane will be inaugurated to the One-Pocket Hall of Fame posthumously Lifetime in Action for his extraordinary talent.
At 9:30 am on Sunday, December 26, 2010, Crane had a car accident in Knoxville, Tennessee, when Volkswagen 2000 crossed three lanes of traffic and hit a retaining wall. No other vehicle was involved in the accident. It is believed that Crane suffered undiagnosed medical conditions prior to the accident. He was declared dead at the University of Tennessee Hospital.
Movieography
Wade Crane produced an instructional video cassette entitled "Learning to Play a Winning Way."
2006 Killer One Pocket oleh Cliff Joyner dengan Tamu Khusus Wade Crane - 3 Volume DVD Set
Accu-Stats Video Productions recorded several live Wade Crane games in a pocket billiard competition:
- 1994 Roanoke One-Pocket Championship, Grady Mathews vs. Wade Crane
- 1995 Roanoke One-Pocket Championship, Buddy Hall vs. Wade Crane
- 1996 Taco Bell Senior 9-Ball Championship in Greenfield, Wisconsin, Wade Crane vs. Toby Sweet
- The Derby Derby Derby Classic Tournament of 1999, Tony Coleman vs. Wade Crane
- 1999 Derby City Classic One Pocket Tournament, Danny DiLiberto vs. Wade Crane
- 2001 Classic Derby City III: One Pocket, Johnny Archer vs. Wade Crane
Title
- 1972 Golden 8-Ball Billiards, 10 Ball Tournament (Scottsdale, Arizona)
- 1985 Last Call for 9-Ball (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
- 1985 Florida 9-Ball Championship (Davies, Florida)
- 1985 Busch World Opens the 9-Ball Championship (Moline, Illinois)
- 1986 Shenandoah Open
- 1987 Steve Gumphreys Memorial 9-Ball Open (Jackson, Mississippi)
- 1991 Southeastern 9-Ball Tournament (St. Petersburg, Florida)
- 2010 One-Pocket Hall of Fame Lifetime in Action Award
References
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