What sport was played by the legendary character Rudolph Wanderone, better known as Minnesota Fats?
Minnesota Fats Minnesota Fats Minnesota Fats, or George Hegerman, is a fictional pool hustler created by American novelist Walter Tevis. The character appears in Tevis' novel "The Hustler" (1959). Jackie Gleason portrayed the character in the 1961 film adaptation of "The Hustler", a performance that received several awards and nominations. The character was an original creation of Tevis, though a real pool hustler, Rudolf Wanderone, who began calling himself "Minnesota Fats" in 1961, claimed to be the inspiration. Tevis denied Wanderone's claim, though Wanderone capitalized on it for years. Real-life pool hustler and entertainer Rudolf Wanderone was known as "New York Fats"
Minnesota Fats ever met Wanderone. Meanwhile, the press covered it all, and the association became fixed. Wanderone's second wife later claimed that a financial settlement had been made by Tevis to avoid a lawsuit, which Wanderone's first wife denied. Jackie Gleason played Minnesota Fats in the 1961 adaptation of "The Hustler". His performance earned Best Supporting Actor nominations for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe, and the Best Supporting Actor award by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. The Minnesota Fats character did not appear in the 1986 film version of "The Color of Money", which had an entirely