![Les Mangelsdorf (left) with wife Evelyn. The couple are well known in the billiards and snooker community. Picture: Supplied Les Mangelsdorf (left) with wife Evelyn. The couple are well known in the billiards and snooker community. Picture: Supplied](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/EQCJBsSg4ZXprzwAMpLHiQ/8f4123cd-df24-4050-8710-239bf8449b88.jpg/r0_634_3656_2719_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Les Mangelsdorf has been posthumously honoured as one of 17 inaugural inductees into the Billiards and Snooker Association of NSW hall of fame.
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Mr Mangelsdorf, who lived in the shire his entire life, was inducted last month as part of the BSA of NSW 100-year celebrations.
The event also coincided with the 2017 Ian Chappell Blacktown Workers Snooker Classic.
Granddaughter, Tracy, and her husband, Scott, represented Mr Mangelsdorf at the event.
Mr Mangelsdorf was a returned serviceman and also a lawn bowls champion, having the bowling greens at Club Cronulla named after him. He won eight state billiards and five state snooker titles.
2017 NSW Hall of Fame inductees:
Past players: Warren Simpson, Les Hayes, Frank Harris, George Shailer, Eddie Charlton, Arthur G Bull, Harold Rumball, Les Mangelsdorf, Keith Lord, Geoff Miller, Jim Collins, Phil Tarrant
Current players: Warren King, Glen Wilkinson, Kathy Parashis, Joe Minici, Shawn Budd