- Johnny Archer
Johnny Archer (born
12 November 1968 inWaycross , Georgia) is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" (hiszodiac sign isScorpio , and one of his sponsors is Scorpion Cues).Early Days
Archer grew up with his two brothers and two sisters in
Twin City, Georgia , and began playing pool at the age of 12. [ [http://www.scorpioncues.com/scorpion_cues/johnny_archer_bio.php Johnny "The Scorpion" Archer] , "scorpionCues.com". Retrieved 7 June 2008]Career
He is one of the most successful
nine-ball players of the past fifteen years, having won the majority of the game's major tournaments at least once, culminating in him being named "Billiards Digest" Player of the Decade at the end of the 1990s.Archer is a two-time WPA World Nine-ball Champion, winning in both 1992 when he defeated Bobby Hunter, and later again in 1997 after beatingLee Kun-fang ofChinese Taipei (Taiwan ). He was also a runner-up the following year, losing in the final toTakahashi Kunihiko ofJapan . He was the 1999 US Open champion, and has won over 60 professional tournament throughout his career.He has also been a regular on the successful US
Mosconi Cup team, having joined them eleven times, winning on nine of those occasions. The US's only losses with Archer in the roster came in 2002, when they were beaten 9-12 byEurope , and 2007, when Team USA lost 9–12. He has captained the American side since 2004, retaining the Cup on each occasion until the 2007 upset (the 2006 event was a 12–12 draw inRotterdam ,Netherlands with the US retaining the trophy on account of being the current holders of it).The year 2003 was among the times where Archer was most successful. There he won tournaments such as;
Sudden Death Seven-ball [cite web
url=http://www.insidepool.com/article460.html?POSTNUKESID=aa4464dc94636729657f0440f019861e
title=Archer Wins Sudden Death 7-Ball
publisher=InsidePOOL.com
date=2003-10-01
accessdate=2008-08-25] and the first World Summit of Pool. [cite web
url=http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=1305
title=Archer wins World Summit of Pool
publisher=AzBilliards.com
date=2003-10-12
accessdate=2008-08-25]Archer also won the 2006 US$50,000 winner-take-all
International Challenge of Champions by defeatingThorsten Hohmann in the finals. [cite web
url=http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=3702
title=Archer Wins Challenge of Champions
publisher=AzBilliards.com
accessdate=2008-08-15]In 2007, he won the
Texas Hold 'Em Billiards Championship . While in the 2005 event, the entire purse was awarded to the winner, in the 2007 event, the purse has been split. [http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.cfm?storynum=3258 "2005 Texas Hold'em Billiards Shootout"] , at "AZBilliards"] [http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.cfm?storynum=4146 "Johnny Archer Wins 2007 Texas Hold Em Billiards"] , at "AZBilliards"]The "
Ripley's Believe It or Not! " television show, onSeptember 3 ,2003 , [ [http://www.tv.com/ripleys-believe-it-or-not!/show/10278/episode_guide.html&season=4 Episode 418] , "www.TV.com". Retrieved August 5, 2007] pitted Archer andJeremy Jones against each other in an challenge match inspeed pool . The show had them timed against each other, to try to beat the record, which at that time stood at 1 minute 30 seconds [ [http://www.johnnyarcher.net/previousnews.html Previous News] , "JohnnyArcher.net". Retrieved August 5, 2007] to Cuegloss|Break|break a full Cuegloss|Rack|rack of balls and then pocket all fifteen balls, and then move to another table and do it again. Archer was the victor. The event was recorded in a warehouse in Los Angeles where other challenge matches were also taking place to beat records.Archer has recentlyClarifyme|date=February 2008 rejoined the staff of "Inside Pool Magazine", where he writes a monthly instruction column. [ [http://www.insidepoolmag.com/pool-and-billiard-instruction/billiard-and-pool-instruction.html "Johnny Archer Billiards Instruction"] , "InsidePoolMagazine.com".]
For 2007, he was ranked #3 in "Pool & Billiard Magazine"
' s "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players" poll.Cite journal|title=The Survey Says...: "Pool & Billiard Magazine"' s 22nd Annual Player and Fan Poll|journal=Pool & Billiard Magazine|month=February|year=2008|volume=26|issue=2|issn=1049-2852|publisher=Sports Publications|location=Summerville, South Carolina |pages=p. 14|accessdate=2008-02-14]Titles and achievements
* 2007 "Pool & Billiard Magazine" Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players, #3
* 2007 Joss Northeast Nine-ball Tour Classic VIII at Turning Stone Resort and Casino
* 2006International Challenge of Champions winner
* 2007 Texas Hold 'Em Billiards Champion
* 2006 SML Openclarifyme|date=February 2008 winner
* 2003 World Summit of Pool winner
* 2003 Brunswick Pro Players Champion
* 2003Sudden Death Seven-ball winner
* 2003 On Cue; Philippines vs. Rest of the Worldclarifyme
* 2003 "AZBilliards" "Money List" leader
* 2000 Enjoypool.com Nine-ball Champion
* 1999 US Open Nine-ball Champion
* 1997 WPA World Nine-ball Champion (men's division)
* 1992 WPA World Nine-ball Championship (men's)Personal life
Archer lives in
Acworth, Georgia , and is also an avidgolf er. Archer ascribes his strong pool break to playing a lot ofgolf , noting similarities in having the timing right and using one's whole body in the stroke. [ [http://www.azbilliards.com/interviews/archer1.html Archer Interview] , October 2, 1999, "AzBilliards.com". Retrieved August 5, 2007] Archer also has had two children with his wife Melanie.References
External links
* [http://www.johnnyarcher.net/ Archer's official website]
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