Tom Jennings (pool player)

This article is about the billiards player. For other persons named Tom Jennings, see Tom Jennings (disambiguation).

Tom Jennings (born 1951) is an American professional pocket billiards (pool) player and mathematics professor. He won the BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship in 1976 and 1977, being the first player since Steve Mizerak to win consecutive championships.[1] He won both titles while also a full-time mathematics professor at Middlesex County College in New Jersey.[2]

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  2. ^ "MCC History 1975–1980". Middlesex County College. 2005. Retrieved 2007-09-28.[dead link]