Background
Archer grew up with his two brothers and two sisters in Twin City, Georgia, and began playing pool at the age of 12.
Archer grew up with his two brothers and two sisters in Twin City, Georgia, and began playing pool at the age of 12.
He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" (his zodiac sign is Scorpio, and one of his sponsors is Scorpion Cues). On June 8, 2009, Johnny Archer was nominated to be inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame. He was also a runner-up the following year, losing in the final to Takahashi Kunihiko of Japan.
He has also been a regular on the United States Mosconi Cup team, having joined them a record seventeen times, winning on nine of those occasions.
The Ripley"s Believe lieutenant or Not! television show, on September 3, 2003, pitted Archer and Jeremy Jones against each other in an challenge match in speed pool. The show had them timed against each other, to try to beat the record, which at that time stood at 1 minute 30 seconds to break a full rack of balls and then pocket all fifteen balls, and then move to another table and do it again.
Archer was the victor. The event was recorded in a warehouse in Los Angeles where other challenge matches were also taking place to beat records.
Archer has recently rejoined the staff of Inside Pool Magazine, where he writes a monthly instruction column.
Foreign 2007, he was ranked #3 in Pool & Billiard Magazine"s "Fans" Top 20 Favorite Players" poll. 2014 Music City Open runner up.