18 Facts About Keith McCready

Keith McCready was born on April 9,1957 and is an American professional pool player who played under the nickname "Earthquake".

At one time considered among the top players in America, McCready has been a traveling tournament competitor and notorious hustler since the 1970s.

Keith McCready had a supporting role as the hustler Grady Seasons in the 1986 film The Color of Money.

In 2017, Keith McCready was given the Lifetime of Pool in Action Award at the One Pocket Hall of Fame banquet.

Keith McCready was born on April 9,1957, in Elmhurst, Illinois, later moving to Anaheim, California, with his brother and father.

Keith McCready initially had to stand on a box to reach the height of the table, and developed his unusual "sidewinder" stroke while still a boy.

Keith McCready was reportedly habituated to gambling by his divorced father when, during custodial visits, Keith and his brothers would each be given $20 and required to play various games with him, "usually until he had won his money back".

An established gambler at a young age, Keith McCready had won a large amount gambling the night before at the horse racetrack.

Keith McCready was afraid to leave the money at home, for fear that his two older brothers would help themselves to it, and he did not want to leave it in his school locker for the same reason.

When his teacher saw that it was the sum of $14,000 in gambling winnings, Keith McCready was suspended from school "for having too much money".

Keith McCready learned about the incident when he asked why young McCready was hanging in the pool room instead of attending school.

Keith McCready was inducted into the One Pocket Hall of Fame in January 2018 for a "Lifetime of Pool in Action".

When Keith McCready was 21, he began competing at professional pool events throughout California.

Keith McCready scored his first professional win in October 1985 at the BC Open 9-ball Championship in Binghamton, New York.

At the 5th Sands Regent Open nine-ball tournament, held in June 1987 in Reno, Nevada, and won by Strickland, Keith McCready was documented in the notable matches category by Accu-Stats because of his "brilliant and entertaining" performance, defeating Paul Brienza and Mike Sigel in the event.

In 1986, Keith McCready played as the character Grady Seasons, a fictional infamous, hustler and top money-winner in all of pool, with Paul Newman and Tom Cruise in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning film The Color of Money.

Keith McCready was engaged in a game with Efren Reyes and was selected to be in the movie because of his entertaining style of play.

Keith McCready had an established reputation in pool circles as one of the most feared money players.