Jacob Schaefer Sr. (February 2, 1855[1] – March 8, 1910[2]), nicknamed "The Wizard", was a professional carom billiards player, especially of the straight rail and balkline games, and was posthumously inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1968.He was the father of fellow billiards pro Jacob Schaefer Jr.[4] At the time of the 1870 United States census, he was listed as "Jacob Berg", aged fifteen at Leavenworth, Kansas, in the home of John Berg, who was a billiard hall owner.He won matches and titles around the world, including the March 11, 1908, World 18.1 Balkline Championship versus Willie Hoppe, although extremely ill, he won the match by 500 points to 423.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This biographical article related to billiards is a stub.
