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Irving Crane, whose gentlemanly, cautious approach to the game of pool resulted in the nickname the Deacon and seven world championships, at least one in each decade starting in the 1940's, died on Nov. 17 at a nursing home in Rochester. He was 88. ...
If I had to make a choice between selling cars and playing pool, I'd choose pool," Crane said in a 1969 Sports Illustrated interview. "The only time I've ever been really happy is when I was at a pool table." Although Crane quit playing professionally in the 1980s, his daughter said, he gave exhibitions for charitable causes. One of the items offered at fund-raising auctions for the local PBS affiliate was a pool exhibition by Crane at the donor's home. [Irving Crane]: Minnesota Fats once observed that Crane, nicknamed the Deacon, "would have been the only guy to notice the horse under Lady Godiva.
If I had to make a choice between selling cars and playing pool, I'd choose pool," Crane said in a 1969 Sports Illustrated interview. "The only time I've ever been really happy is when I was at a pool table." Although Crane quit playing professionally in the 1980s, his daughter said, he gave exhibitions for charitable causes. One of the items offered at fund-raising auctions for the local PBS affiliate was a pool exhibition by Crane at the donor's home. [Irving Crane]: Minnesota Fats once observed that Crane, nicknamed the Deacon, "would have been the only guy to notice the horse under Lady Godiva.
