Mike Massey is a “Hall of Fame” pool player that has won 23 major titles and numerous 8-ball and 9-ball tournaments.
He has traveled to at least 40 countries playing tournaments, teaching pool, doing exhibitions and the Gospel trick shot ministry.
Once Mike had 330 breaks and runs playing 9-ball in a 24-hour marathon shoot in Austria on live TV. Another time he made 8,090 balls playing with one arm in 24 hours.
Mike has been on many live TV talk shows all over the world, Euro Sport, CCTV Ching, 700 Club 3 times, Regis and Kelly show. ESPN Cold Pizza, ESPN Best Damn sports show, PM Magazine, Real People 2 times and many more.
He helped write the movie “The Baron and the Kid” staring Johnny Cash. He was also the technical advisor and taught Johnny how to play pool.
Mike is part of a ministry that’s called “Gospel Trick Shots”. They go all over the world preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Mostly Muslin countries and 3rd world countries.
Gospel Trick Shot ministries uses professional pool players that have received Jesus as their Savior to spread the Gospel.
Steve Lillis started this ministry and he was a professional Pool Player, College Professor, and Ordained Minister.
Tom Rossman is also part of the ministry and is also a “Hall of Fame” pool player.
Here are some of the places they have been doing the ministry.
Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Tanzania, Kenya, Dubai:, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait, Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Korea, China, Honduras, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel and Kosovo.
Mike and Huckabee have some things in common besides being a Christian. Mike’s passion is writing country gospel songs. He also plays the guitar.
Mike is on “YOU TUBE”, probably a few hundred times. He picked out some that you might be interested in watching which basically tell his life story.
Mike has served his country from 1964 to 1967 is proudly a Veteran. He also had worked as a firefighter in Chattanooga, Tn in his earlier years.
Mike was born in 1947 in a small mountain town, Loudon Tn, and he was so talented that, by the time he reached the 8th grade he was known as “Tennessee Tarzan” being sought after to play in pool tournaments and move into a profession that would certainly encompass him through the rest of his life. He has lived the rough life of a hustler and he is alive today because God was with him through all the rough and hustling times he lived as a pool hustler.
Mike has been married twice and he has a son named David and a daughter Anna that have blessed him with two grandsons, Zachary and A.J. with them all residing still today in Chattanooga, TN.
“YOU TUBE VIDEOS”
- Mike Massey Pool Hustler
- How Faith Transformed world renown pool player Mike Massey
- Hall of Fame Billiard player Mike Massey Using pool to spread the WORD OF GOD
- Mike Massey doing the BOOT SHOT ESPN
- Mike Massey Gospel trick shot shoe in Egypt
- Mike Massey music video- “Picking and Grinning Pool” Albert Lee plays guitar and piano
- Mike Massey music video in “Heaven it’s Impossible to Lose” Mike playing a guitar and singing in the mountains
- Mike Massey Music Video “The Baron and The Kid” clips from the movie Johnny Cash made that Mike help write and technical advisor, teaching Johnny how to play pool.