American pool player (born 1948)
Nick Varner Born (1948-05-15 ) 15 May 1948 (age 73) Owensboro, Kentucky Sport country United States Professional 1970 Pool games8-Ball Other titles 90 World Champion 9-Ball (1999 )Highest WPA ranking 1
Nick Varner (born May 15, 1948, in Owensboro, Kentucky ) is an American pool player who was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1992.[1] Varner is an 8 time world champion and a 2 time US open including the winner of the 1999 WPA World Nine-ball Championship at 51 years old.
Career [ ]
Nick D. Varner graduated from Tell City High School in Tell City, Indiana in 1966. Varner learned to play pool in his father's (Nick Varner) pool hall in Grandview, Indiana. After graduating from high school, Varner gained notoriety on the professional pool scene after he won two ACU-I Intercollegiate Championships while attending Purdue University and playing "money games" at an on campus pool room called "The Hole". A cliché given to Varner was "Speak softly and carry a big stick" because of the way he conducted himself as well as his competitive endeavors.[2]
In 1989, Varner became only the second man to Mike Sigel , to earn over $100,000 in prize winnings in single year, accumulating 16 major nine-ball events that year. Varner was named "Player of the Year" in 1980, 1989 and 1994.
Varner has won world championship's in five different pool disciplines in 9-Ball , 8-Ball , Straight Pool , Bank pool and One Pocket an unprecedented feat.
Varner is also an author, a video personality, a pool room proprietor, a manufacturer's representative, and an exhibition player.[3]
Achievements [ ]
1969 ACU-I Intercolleagiate Championship
1970 ACU-I Intercolleagiate Championship
1975 Midwest Open 9-Ball
1979 Lexington All-Star Tournament
1980 World Straight Pool Championship
1980 Kentucky Derby Open
1980 BCA National 8-Ball Tournament
1980 Illinois 9-Ball Open
1981 Kentucky Open 9-Ball
1982 World Nine-ball Championship
1982 Kentucky Open 9-Ball
1982 Bowling Green Open, Bank
1982 Prestonburg Open 9-Ball
1982 Owensboro Open 9-Ball
1983 McDermott Masters Champion 9-Ball
1983 San Jose Open 9-Ball
1983 Kentucky Open 9-Ball
1983 National Open 9-Ball
1983 Fresno Open 9-Ball
1984 Kentucky Open 9-Ball
1984 Tennessee State 9-Ball
1985 Tennessee State 9-Ball
1985 Zurich Open 9-Ball
1986 World Straight Pool Championship
1986 Charlotte Open
1986 Sacramento Open 9-Ball
1986 Midwest Open 9-Ball
1987 McDermott Masters 9-Ball
1988 Glass City Open 9-Ball
1988 Scranton Invitational 9-Ball
1988 Tennessee State 9-Ball
1988 Sands Regency Reno Open 9-Ball
1989 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship
1989 PBA Brunswick World 9-Ball Open
1989 Rak'em Up 9-Ball Classic
1989 Knoxville 9-Ball Open
1989 Governors Cup 9-Ball
1989 Glass City Open 9-Ball
1989 Sands Regency Reno Open 9-Ball
1989 Golden 8-Ball Invitational
1989 Scranton Open 9-Ball
1989 Lexington All Star Open
1989 Akron Open 9-Ball
1990 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship
1990 World Championship Series
1990 Challenge Match, Vs. Efren Reyes, 9-Ball 60-47
1990 Al Romero Classic 9-Ball
1990 West End All Around Shoot Out
1991 Rak'em Up 9-Ball
1992 International One Pocket Championship
1992 Super Bowl XXVI Billiard Championship
1992 World Team Billiards Exibition
1992 Billiard Congress of America
1993 Lexington All Star Open
1994 International Challenge of Champions
1994 PBT World Eight-ball Championship
1994 Lexington All Star Open
1996 Sands Regency Reno Open 9-Ball
1996 J.O.B One Pocket
1996 One Pocket Championship
1996 9-Ball Championship
1997 Mosconi Cup , Team America
1997 J.O.B. 9-Ball
1997 Sands Regency Reno Open 9-Ball
1998 Mosconi Cup , Team America
1999 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
1999 World Championship 9-Ball Banks
1999 Derby City Classic 9-Ball Banks
1999 Steve Mizerak Tulsa Senior Open 9-Ball
2000 World Championship One Pocket
2000 Derby City Classic One Pocket
2000 Steve Mizerak Senior Masters Open 9-Ball
2001 The "Superman Classic" Open Tournament
2001 Mosconi Cup , Team America
2001 Sunshine State One Pocket Tour, CM's Place
2001 Sunshine State One Pocket Tour, Kiss Shot Billiards
2001 Sunshine State One Pocket Tour, Capone's Billiards
2001 Sunshine State One Pocekt Tour, Sharp Shooters
2001 Hard Times One Pocket
2002 Border Battle, Team USA Vs Team Canada
2002 Patriot Cup
2002 Jacksonville 9-Ball Open
2002 Glass City Open 9-Ball
2003 Pechauer 9-Ball
2003 Mosconi Cup , Team America, Captain
2003 Border Battle, Team USA VS Team Canada
2004 Border Battle, Team USA VS Team Canada
2007 Great Southern 9-Ball Tour, Big Orange Classic
2011 One Pocket Hall of Fame
2011 Bank Pool Hall of Fame
2014 Durbin Cup
2017 Straight Pool Hall of Fame
References [ ]
^ Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame Archived 2007-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Varner Carries Big Stick in World Open", by Bruce Venzke, page 5, The National Billiard News , October 1980. Retrieved May 20, 2007
^ The Snap , "Players of the Year", by Kreole Freddie, page 8, February/March 1980. Retrieved June 17, 2007
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