Tony Spredeman

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Tony Spredeman (born September 19, 1984) is an American master [1] table football player from Milwaukee, WI, USA currently living in Romania. He is a multiple-time World Champion and often partners with Billy Pappas in the Open Doubles format. [2] [3]

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He has won several World Championships - including the Tornado Worlds 2008. Tony finished 2nd at the ITSF World Championships in early 2009 which is a multi-table tournament. Many people consider Tony to be among the best table foosball players in the world, at least on the Tornado table. [4]

In April 2010, Tony Spredeman became the global spokesperson for the Fireball table. [5]

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  5. ":: View topic - Tony + Fireball, Team Fireball USA".