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- William_A._Spinks abstract "William Alexander Spinks, Jr. (1865–1933) was an American professional player of carom billiards in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was known professionally as William A. Spinks or (in the initialing practice common in his era) W. A. Spinks, and occasionally also referred to as Billy Spinks. In addition to being amateur Pacific Coast Billiards Champion several times, a world champion contender in more than one cue sports discipline, and an exhibition player in Europe, he became the co-inventor (with William Hoskins) in 1897 of modern billiard cue chalk. He was originally (and again in retirement from the billiards circuit) a Californian, but spent much of his professional career in Chicago, Illinois. At his peak, his was a household name in U.S. billiards; the New York Times labeled Spinks one of "the most brilliant players among the veterans of the game", and he still holds the world record for points scored in a row (1,010) using a particular shot type. Aside from his billiards playing career, he founded a lucrative sporting goods manufacturing business, and was both an oil company investor and director, and a flower and fruit farm operator and horticulturist, originator of the eponymous Spinks cultivar of avocado.".
- William_A._Spinks activeYearsEndYear "1920".
- William_A._Spinks activeYearsStartYear "1892".
- William_A._Spinks alias "Spinks, William A. (most common professional name); Spinks, Wm. A. (professional name as used in some media); Spinks, W. A. (professional name as used in some media); Spinks, Billy (professional name as used in some media)".
- William_A._Spinks alias "W. A. Spinks, Billy Spinks".
- William_A._Spinks birthDate "1865-07-11".
- William_A._Spinks birthName "William Alexander Spinks, Jr.".
- William_A._Spinks birthPlace San_Jose,_California.
- William_A._Spinks birthYear "1865".
- William_A._Spinks deathDate "1933-01-15".
- William_A._Spinks deathPlace Monrovia,_California.
- William_A._Spinks deathYear "1933".
- William_A._Spinks knownFor Balkline_and_straight_rail.
- William_A._Spinks knownFor Cue_sports.
- William_A._Spinks knownFor Cultivar.
- William_A._Spinks occupation Carom_billiards.
- William_A._Spinks occupation Horticulture.
- William_A._Spinks occupation Invention.
- William_A._Spinks occupation William_A._Spinks__1.
- William_A._Spinks occupation William_A._Spinks__2.
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- William_A._Spinks personFunction William_A._Spinks__5.
- William_A._Spinks residence Brooklyn.
- William_A._Spinks residence Chicago.
- William_A._Spinks residence Cincinnati.
- William_A._Spinks residence Duarte,_California.
- William_A._Spinks residence Monrovia,_California.
- William_A._Spinks residence San_Francisco.
- William_A._Spinks residence San_Jose,_California.
- William_A._Spinks thumbnail William_A._Spinks_Billiards_Mag._1923_Jan.jpg?width=300.
- William_A._Spinks title "Pacific Coast Billiard Champion".
- William_A._Spinks wikiPageID "9700283".
- William_A._Spinks wikiPageRevisionID "595241335".
- William_A._Spinks alt "A black-and-white photo of a middle-aged Anglo man with white receding hair, round-rimmed glasses and a somewhat serious expression, wearing a dark tie and sport coat.".
- William_A._Spinks alternativeNames "Spinks, William A. ; Spinks, Wm. A. ; Spinks, W. A. ; Spinks, Billy".
- William_A._Spinks awards "18.2".
- William_A._Spinks birthDate "--07-11".
- William_A._Spinks birthName "William Alexander Spinks, Jr.".
- William_A._Spinks birthPlace San_Jose,_California.
- William_A._Spinks boxWidth "22".
- William_A._Spinks caption "Spinks, around age 56, in the January 1923 issue of Billiards Magazine".
- William_A._Spinks dateOfBirth "1865-07-11".
- William_A._Spinks dateOfDeath "1933-01-15".
- William_A._Spinks deathDate "1933-01-15".
- William_A._Spinks deathPlace Monrovia,_California.
- William_A._Spinks employer "Self-employed entrepreneur".
- William_A._Spinks hasPhotoCollection William_A._Spinks.
- William_A._Spinks imageSize "257".
- William_A._Spinks knownFor "Co-invention of billiard ,".
- William_A._Spinks knownFor "balkline billiards world record,".
- William_A._Spinks knownFor "the Spinks cultivar of avocado".
- William_A._Spinks name "Spinks, William Alexander, Jr.".
- William_A._Spinks name "William A. Spinks".
- William_A._Spinks occupation Carom_billiards.
- William_A._Spinks occupation Invention.
- William_A._Spinks occupation Sportsperson.
- William_A._Spinks occupation "farmer/horticulturalist".
- William_A._Spinks occupation "oil company investor/director,".
- William_A._Spinks occupation "sporting goods manufacturer,".
- William_A._Spinks otherNames "W. A. Spinks, Billy Spinks".
- William_A._Spinks placeOfBirth San_Jose,_California.
- William_A._Spinks placeOfDeath Monrovia,_California.
- William_A._Spinks residence "Brooklyn, New York; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago; and San Jose, San Francisco, Duarte and Monrovia, California".
- William_A._Spinks shortDescription "Carom billiards player; independent inventor; oil company investor and director; farm operator and horticulturist".
- William_A._Spinks signature "William A. Spinks signature.png".
- William_A._Spinks signatureAlt "Image of signature, reading "William A. Spinks" clearly".
- William_A._Spinks spouse "Clara A. Spinks".
- William_A._Spinks title "Pacific Coast Billiard Champion".
- William_A._Spinks yearsActive "1920.0".
- William_A._Spinks description "Carom billiards player; independent inventor; oil company investor and director; farm operator and horticulturist".
- William_A._Spinks description "Carom billiards player; independent inventor; oil company investor and director; farm operator and horticulturist".
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:1865_births.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:1933_deaths.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:19th-century_American_people.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:American_businesspeople_in_the_oil_industry.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:American_carom_billiards_players.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:American_farmers.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:American_inventors.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:American_sports_businesspeople.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:Businesspeople_from_Chicago,_Illinois.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:Businesspeople_from_New_York_City.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:Businesspeople_from_San_Francisco,_California.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:Cue_sports_executives.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:Cue_sports_inventors_and_innovators.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:Floriculturists.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:People_from_Brooklyn.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:People_from_Cincinnati,_Ohio.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:People_from_Los_Angeles_County,_California.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:People_from_San_Jose,_California.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:Pomologists.
- William_A._Spinks subject Category:Sports_world_record_holders.
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- William_A._Spinks type AmericanCaromBilliardsPlayers.
- William_A._Spinks type AmericanFarmers.
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- William_A._Spinks type AmericanOilIndustrialists.
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