Minnesota Fats

Minnesota Fats, or George Hegerman, is a fictional pool hustler created by American novelist Walter Tevis.

This article is about the original fictional character. For the real-life pool player who adopted this nickname, see Rudolf Wanderone.

The character appears in Tevis' novels The Hustler (1959) and The Color of Money (1984). Jackie Gleason portrayed him in the 1961 film adaptation of The Hustler. Though a real pool hustler, Rudolf Wanderone, who began calling himself "Minnesota Fats" in 1961, claimed to be the inspiration, Tevis denied that claim and insisted that "Minnesota Fats" was fictional.

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