Buddy Hall - RIP

lfigueroa said:
Had a chat one year with Buddy at the DCC and a few years later drew him in the 1pocket.

Both times he was a gentleman. The first time, at the Executive West, like 2008, he asked to see my 8-point Gina that Gail had given me for our 10th anniversary. Buddy was sitting at the Inside Pool booth, just to one side of the tournament room doors and he says to me, "What kinda of cue is that that you're playing with?" And I tell him, "Old school Gina, Buddy." And I pull it out of my case and hand it to him. And for a couple of minutes, he just goes over it, inch by inch, saying, "Beautiful. Just, absolutely, beautiful." And he hands it back and says, "Thanks for showing that to me." And I say, "Thank you, Buddy."

But in any case, I consider myself lucky to have had the opportunity to talk to and play one of the truly great legends of the game.

RIP, Buddy.

Lou Figueroa
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Great memories Lou. Cherished for sure.
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I clearly remember my dad & I watching him play on ESPN when I was a kid. I was in such awe of him. Seeing & meeting him for the first time at the Open well over 25 years ago will always be one of my favorite moments. Then getting to have a friendship with him & my daughter growing up calling him grandpa Buddy is just indescribable. I never in a million years thought that would happen as a child watching him on TV. Now I have so many wonderful memories of him, he truly was one of the kindest people you will ever meet. Rest in peace, you are loved & will be missed by so many.
 
I recall being at a trade show and Buddy was hoofing Lucasi….and he kept correcting people on the pronunciation…..LUCAWSI
I don’t think I ever heard him swear….and he was a big bear of a man but children loved him.
 
I only knew of Buddy from watching him play on tv or more recently on YouTube , he was a force to be reckoned with in any of the pool games what I enjoyed most was studying his stroke on each shot , what a fantastic gift he had !

My heart felt condolences to his close friends and family , may you rest in peace .
 
Sad news indeed. I knew Buddy, but we were not close friends.

Buddy's legacy is in the way he developed position play theory. With his clock system, he was the first to offer a truly theoretical foundation for nine ball position play and pattern play. He changed the way that pool players talked about and studied position play. To me, he wasn't quite the pattern player that a Souquet or Appleton was, but he is, in a sense, the father of all pattern players because he showed the way forward when the 9ball era was just getting started. For that reason, we all walk in his giant footsteps.

Condolences to his family and friends.
 
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