country updated death_date birth_place nationality sport nationals birth_date nickname residence spouse article_title name
united states 3 august 2013 1995 -lrb- aged 80 -rrb- spokane , washington american pool champion , 1969 , 1970 , 1971 -rrb- , united states open -lrb- 1967 , 1968 1914 `` cool hand '' dorothy redwood city , california jimmy wise dorothy wise
 dorothy wise
dorothy wise

dorothy wise -lrb- 1914 -- 1995 -rrb- was an american professional pool player .
she was born in spokane , washington .
when she first started playing pool professionally , there were very few national tournaments for women .
she won many local and state tournaments , so she called herself the world champion .
the first national tournament for women happened in 1967 .
she won and kept winning for the next five years .
she lost the title in 1972 .
she played in the final against 13-year-old jean balukas .
she became a member of the billiard congress of america hall of fame in 1981 .
she was the first woman to be made a member .
dorothy learned to play pool from her husband , jimmy wise .
he managed billiard parlors -lrb- where people play pool -rrb- in several cities around the western united states .
he watched dorothy win the first national championship in 1967 , but died later that year .
