Word: ferreira
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...It’s his personality to try big things that have big payoffs,” he says. Ferreira started playing at Loker five years ago when his daughter Jessica discovered the tables, which are reserved for Harvard students but open to outside guests who want to join them. He says the guards questioned him when he first began playing, but now that he has a regular group of fellow pool players from Harvard, the guards don’t give him any trouble...
Chau, who has known “The Miracle Man” the longest, says he considered himself king of the Harvard pool tables—until he met Ferreira...
...Ferreira grew up on Kirkland Street in Somerville, but at the age of five he moved to Cambridge and was raised by his eldest sister Dorothy on Beacon Street. He says he can still remember the moment he first picked up a pool stick—it was a Saturday in 1964, and he was nine years...
When he turned sixteen, Ferreira dropped out of high school and began working at a pool hall that used to exist in Inman Square, earning $1.95 per hour, which he says was a good wage at the time...
...Ferreira has also held down stints as a bartender and now works at various odd jobs. His eyes light up with pride as he describes his role teaching his daughter Jessica how to play softball and coaching her teams in elementary and middle school...