He was born 28 April 1863, in
Manzanillo, Cuba. His first public appearance as a professional was in the World
Fifteen-ball Pool Championship, held in New York, February 1887. He won the World
Continuous Pool Championship in a match against Jerome R. Keogh in New York, November 1910, making the highest recorded of 81. In 1912 he was defeated in
pocket billiards by
James Maturo of
Denver, Colorado, in
Philadelphia by a score of 150 to 136. In 1914 he defeated
Charles R. Morin in
three-cushion billiards for the World Championship. De Oro was inducted into the
BCA Hall of Fame in 1967. He has been a winner of World Championships in multiple disciplines winning the World Continuous Pool Championship twenty nine time and the
World Three-cushion Championship on twenty occasions.
Family His son Alfredo de Oro Jr. was an amateur billiard player in turn, making it to the final round of the 1931 National Association of Amateur Billiard Players Championship (defeated by soon-to-be-pro
Edward Lee). ==Career titles==