PERTH AMBOY — Professional pool player Steve Mizerak was born in Perth Amboy on Oct. 12, 1944. At the age of 13, he won the Perth Amboy City Championship and turned professional. Mizerak was U.S. Open Pocket Billiards champion for four consecutive years (1970-1973) and was well known for trick shots performed for a Miller Lite beer commercial in 1978....
PERTH AMBOY -- Professional pool player Steve Mizerak was born in Perth Amboy on Oct. 12, 1944.
At the age of 13, he won the Perth Amboy City Championship and turned professional.
Mizerak was U.S. Open Pocket Billiards champion for four consecutive years (1970-1973) and was well known for trick shots performed for a Miller Lite beer commercial in 1978. Mizerak died in 2006.
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