For $150 a night, Gloria Walker will destroy a man's ego. — The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1989 (Photo via Jack Gills for the Minneapolis Star Tribune) Gloria Walker had a gift. For several years in the 1970s and 1980s, she ruled as America's women's billiards champion. She aced national competitions against both women and men, and most legendarily, she vanquished the notorious Minnesota Fats at his own game, right after he bet a crowd that no lady could beat him.
A Woman to Know: Gloria Walker
A Woman to Know: Gloria Walker
A Woman to Know: Gloria Walker
For $150 a night, Gloria Walker will destroy a man's ego. — The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1989 (Photo via Jack Gills for the Minneapolis Star Tribune) Gloria Walker had a gift. For several years in the 1970s and 1980s, she ruled as America's women's billiards champion. She aced national competitions against both women and men, and most legendarily, she vanquished the notorious Minnesota Fats at his own game, right after he bet a crowd that no lady could beat him.