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Tuesday 16 July 2019

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Pagulayan, Sullivan, Janscos Elected to Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame

Mike Panozzo - United States Billiard Media Association
Rob Johnson - Billiard Congress of America

Superior, Colo., July, 16, 2019 - The Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame will welcome a lion, an innovator and a pair of pioneering brothers to the class of 2019. The United States Billiard Media Association today announced that Filipino-Canadian Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan, table manufacturer and promoter Greg Sullivan and Johnston City Hustlers Jamboree promoters George and Paulie Jansco have earned induction into the sport's most prestigious club.

Pagulayan, 41, earned election in a run-off against England's Kelly Fisher, after the two had tied on the initial ballot. He will enter the Greatest Players wing of the BCA Hall of Fame, while Sullivan, 70, and the late Jansco brothers will be honored in the Meritorious Service category. All will be formally inducted during ceremonies on Friday, Nov. 1, at the Norfolk Sheraton Waterside in Norfolk, Va.

Born in the Philippines but raised in Toronto, Pagulayan is one of the game's most expressive and entertaining players. But his reputation as a comic cut-up is second to his reputation as one of the game's best all-around players. Pagulayan burst onto the scene as a 24-year-old in 2002 when he advanced to the title match of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships, where he lost to Germany's Ralf Souquet, 13-11. A year later, the impish Pagulayan, who is also known as "The Killer Pixie," reached the final of the World Pool Championship, losing this time to Germany's Thorsten Hohmann. In 2004, a 26-year-old Pagulayan broke through, winning the World Pool Championship in Taipei, defeating Taiwan's Pei-Wei Chang, 17-13, for the title. In 2005, Pagulayan returned to the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships title match, this time claiming the crown. He has gone on win numerous major pro titles, including the World Summit of Pool, the World Pool Masters and is the only player to have won titles in all three main divisions of the annual Derby City Classic - One-Pocket, 9-Ball and Banks. He becomes the fourth Philippines-born player to be inducted into the BCA Hall of Fame.

"I don't know what to say," Pagulayan said after being informed of his election. "For a pool player, this is the ultimate accomplishment. And I'm happy to become the first Canadian in the BCA Hall of Fame.

"Being in the Hall of Fame never crossed my mind as a player until I started going to the annual banquet," he added. "I started to wonder if my accomplishments were enough. Now, in some ways, this makes me feel old!"

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