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Eddy Merckx- new world record

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On October 8, 2011, while playing in the German Bundesliga in Duisberg, Merckx defeated Won Kang 50-6 in six innings. The inning breakdown was 4-9-26-7-0-4. The previous record for a 50 point game was nine innings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Merckx_(billiards_player)

...Merckx was born in 1968, the year cyclist Eddy Merckx won his first Giro d'Italia, and he was named after the cyclist
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