(1961-06-08) June 8, 1961 (age 62) Roseboro, North Carolina
Sport country
United States
Nickname
"The Pearl"
Professional
1981
Tournament wins
Other titles
100
World Champion
Nine-ball (1990, 1991, 2002)
Earl Strickland (born June 8, 1961) is an American professional pool player who is considered one of the best nine-ball players of all time. He has won over 100 championship titles and three world titles. In 2006 he was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame.[1] In 1996, Strickland won the largest cash prize to date winning the PCA $1,000,000 Challenge by being the first player to run 10 consecutive racks in a tournament. He is also known as one of the sport's most controversial players for his outspoken views and his sometimes volatile behavior at tournaments.
^Earl Strickland inducted into Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame 2006 Archived March 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
EarlStrickland (born June 8, 1961) is an American professional pool player who is considered one of the best nine-ball players of all time. He has won...
Francisco Bustamante in 2006 and 2009. Reyes defeated American champion EarlStrickland twice in The Color of Money challenge match in 1996 and a rematch in...
player to participate in the Mosconi Cup at 20 years old, in 2017. EarlStrickland of the United States became the oldest player to participate in the...
Ralf Souquet (2) Vincent Facquet 2–1 (sets) 1997 Thurrock, England EarlStrickland Tommy Donlon 2–1 (sets) 1998 Thurrock, England Francisco Bustamante...
Doom. The 1996 nine-ball challenge match between Efren Reyes and EarlStrickland was named "The Color of Money" in honor of the film. The second challenge...
Accu-Stats Eight-ball Invitational 2001 The Color of Money II vs. (EarlStrickland) 2000 U.S. Open One-Pocket Championship 2000 Camel Riviera Eight-ball...
of the victorious 1995 and 2002 teams; his victory against the US's EarlStrickland clinched the 2002 competition for Europe. In 2001, Davis reached the...
George Balabushka (2004) • Mike Massey (2005) • Robin Dodson (2005) EarlStrickland (2006) Sang Lee (2007) Allen Hopkins (2008) Pat Fleming (2008) • Johnny...
Team USA Name State of birth Notes EarlStrickland North Carolina Mike Massey Tennessee C.J. Wiley Texas Roger Griffis Texas Shannon Daulton Kentucky...
Team USA, with Shane Van Boening promoted to playing vice-captain. EarlStrickland, selected to play on Team USA for the first time since 2013, was forced...
quarter finals, and Ching Shun Yang in the semis. In the final, he met EarlStrickland, twice winner of the tournament. After leading for most of the match...
(born March 1, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for playing Sam Strickland in the NBC drama series Rise and John Ross in the HBO crime drama miniseries...
other pool player to ever have run 11 consecutive racks in history was EarlStrickland. In 2022, Orcollo was the fourth Filipino pool player to be inducted...
Europe won the Mosconi Cup by defeating Team USA 11–5. Rodney Morris EarlStrickland Mika Immonen and Mark Gray Jeremy Jones Mika Immonen Tony Drago Shane...
Straight Pool Championship. Ortmann became the second player (after EarlStrickland) to win three WPA world championships. With fourteen wins, he the second...
world title when he lost to EarlStrickland, who would later win the championship. Takahashi was critical of the Strickland's behavior during the match:...
September 2016, in New York, he won the Dragon 14.1 Tournament, defeating EarlStrickland 300–270 in the finals. In late 2008 Mika teamed up with Intrinsic Media...
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