(1948-05-15) 15 May 1948 (age 75) Owensboro, Kentucky
Sport country
United States
Nickname
"Kentucky Colonel"
Professional
1971
Tournament wins
Other titles
100
World Champion
Straight Pool (1980, 1986), Nine-Ball (1989, 1999)
Nick Varner (born May 15, 1948, in Owensboro, Kentucky) is an American professional pool player who was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1992. Varner is widely considered one of the greatest pool players of all time.[1] Varner is a multiple world champion and has won back to back U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships, in addition to being the oldest player to ever win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship, at 51 years old.
^Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame Archived 2007-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
NickVarner (born May 15, 1948, in Owensboro, Kentucky) is an American professional pool player who was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America...
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internationally. In 1994, Reyes won the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship by defeating NickVarner in the finals and became the first non-American to win the event. In...
(1988) Mike Sigel (1989) John Brunswick (1990) • Walter Tevis (1991) • NickVarner (1992) Michael Phelan (1993) • Eddie Taylor (1993) Ray Martin (1994)...
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Kentucky 5 1 Charlie Williams South Korea1 5 0 Dennis Hatch New York 4 4 NickVarner Kentucky 4 0 Justin Bergman Illinois 4 0 Billy Thorpe Ohio 4 0 Mike...
10-Ball Championship 2014 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame 2014 NickVarner Classic Pro event 2015 Kings Cup 10-Ball Team East vs. West 2016 Turning...
Balsis 1980 NickVarner Mike Sigel 1981 Mike Sigel NickVarner 1982 Steve Mizerak Danny DiLiberto 1983 Steve Mizerak Jimmy Fusco 1986 NickVarner Allen Hopkins...
of the World Billiard Federation World Team, whose members included NickVarner, Mike Sigel and Ray Martin. In a profile that appeared in the May/June...
Pool-Billiard Association's 1999 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, won by NickVarner. Despite there being two world titles for the same discipline in 1999...
Eight-Ball Championship was a memorable victory for DiLiberto when he faced NickVarner in the finals. Running out the deciding match was most appropriate for...
Preceded by NickVarner US Open Nine-ball Champion 1991 Succeeded by Dennis Hatch Preceded by Earl Strickland US Open Nine-ball Champion 1998 Succeeded by...
competitor, with a sense of humor that was enjoyed by his peers, according to NickVarner and Johnny Archer, both Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame Inductees...
1992. In 1996 Luat won the Camel Open 9-Ball Championship defeating NickVarner in the finals. "Boy Samson" is a moniker he has carried since the 1970s...
potting the final ball to win the Mosconi Cup Interview with Alex Lely NickVarner Members of the victorious Team Europe with the Cup. Team Europe Team...
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