Minnesota Fats
Minnesota Fats
George Hegerman is a fictional pool hustler, better known by the nickname "Minnesota Fats", featured as a prominent character in Walter Tevis' novels The Hustlerand The Color of Money. Actor Jackie Gleason was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and honored as Best Supporting Actor by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, for portraying the character in the film adaptation of The Hustler. The Minnesota Fats character did not appear...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth19 January 1913
CountryUnited States of America
Minnesota Fats quotes about
Paul Newman is not a very good pool player.