RONNIE aLLEN
ST LOUIE LOUIE
BILLY INCARDONA
Jack Potter
harry platis
greg"the train"
Tim Scruggs
Arkansas Calvin
Handsome Danny Jones
James Walden
Cowboy Woffard, I saw him rope a chicken from horseback'
i think he won a world series of poker ring. I think his name was byron
He was very talented ,but not at pool,however he did gamble high on rare occasion
Some Harley Race Team Rider who I won a couple of new motorcycles from
Slip Stroke Jr Howard
Roy West,
Moses Brooks the best golf hustler I ever met,he could shoot par with only one hand,"thewing" from the frontf tees
here is another guy who almost always lost with me as a partner. who can figure things like this?
Titanic Thompson the well know gambler. I met him at the Cotton Bowling Palace, I caddied for him and drove him around,someimes getting to play crazy proposition bets that he devised. I beat him at onepocket'he was never a decent pool player.At my age then his golf was not so hot either,i could beat him,but his short game was exceptional. i knew him befriendedhis son tommy ,but he was too sharp .
John Barton
Paul Mottey
Jerry Franklin
George Mc Gan...againBilly might tell us about this Dixie Mafia character.
Tommy Rey
There were quite a few others ,but to tell the truth I didn't get out much
Baltimore Danny
Eddie Kelly
Buddy Dennis
Eddie Taylor
Norman Hitchcock
Mark Griffin
Dick Lane
Lauri franklin
Bob Vanover
Don Owen
Bob Owen
Mike Massey
Tex Watsn of the manson family fame,I played him when he was ivy League kap sig fraternity at North texas
Cliff Joyner
John Hager Sr.. here was a tough guy to beat
john Jr
played better ,but much nicer to know,good guy
Jack Cooney
Little Al Mason
Steve Smith,the Lizard
Paul Gurney
Mark Tad
Rex King
Shannon Dalton
cannonball
black sam
bob dickerson
willie mosconi
minnesota fats
evil knevil
yahoo mc daniel
ben hogan
billy stroud,, the pool hustler
jake hulcy
jerry franklin
vince tedesco
don williams ,of poker fame
stu unger of the same
johnny moss
Archie in Las Vgas
johnny cash,we both had wife named June
nick varner
jr norris
jackie gleason
dick weaver
goose tatum
randy white the basket ball player
meadow lark lemon
suit case dave
wimpy
louie harper
tommy blanton
reymond turner
don furr the owner of baby dolls next to rustys
sugar ray ,the boxer
Phil Sears
Jimmy Welch
Anthony the pimp and his side kick
Jimmy the car dealer
john Baldauf
Bob Mapes
The Legend
Steve Glenn
Arnold Salinas
a guy representing himself as Ben Crenshaw, I won his golf clubs one daya
nd pool cue a week later
Benny Binion
RD Matthews
Billy T Dyre
Pete Genn the all American best pool hustler to ever live
and his son Denny the collector
Jimmy Powell, a truly great golfer,he won a senior and super senior golf tournament PGA on the same day
He could shoot par standing on one leg
The Mouse, who later became a good friend and shared a very nice card score only to watch me lose every dime missing a short putt
Gina cue Ernie didn't actually play,but he held the stakes when I played Harry Platis in Reno
while Buddy Hall,Nick, Mottey, and tons of good players crowded the table
Flyboy Jimmy spears
Verl Horn
Fat Randy
Chip or Joey, only one but I had never seen them before
both matched up I may have played both
Bob Owen
Bo Didley
UJ Pucket
The college player from the 50s,sold insurance,lived in Ft worth
Joe Salazar
Dave P..his road pal
The sqiurrel
Parica
Jean Balukas
Mickey Stone
Max Yberra, who almost kept the city alive by himself withtime contribution
and later busted joe Salazar who was the greatest living bar player alive
I grew to love Joe but we never did anything but lose together. i don't think he takes my calls
he is afraid I will start out with "this time I really do have the nuts"
what was the guys name Billy Johnson, well that was one of his names
and Dianne his wife
Vernon Litton
Vernon Elliot
Jack Ruby
and a few more,but I can only see the faces but the names escape me
Mary's husband Freddiewhen they ownd the Cutopia
there were a couple of NFL football coaches but
Mike Ditka was betting on the side in a bar while Blood Sweat and Tears played music and I played 9 ball 6 ball sets
several more musiciand Okie from Miskokee Merl Hagard
and another Rock star in Las Vegas/ kinda more country
memory fails me more than saves me these days
The bumper man
The peanut man
Jeremy Jones
Mike the bookie
Richie Frorence
Richie Ambrose
mike siegel
The Bushwaker ,Gary Nolan.. he won by out running the nuts. I own his cue now
Cowboy Jimmy Moore
Jerry Trig, now this guy had a beautiful slip stroke,Ask Jack or Billy Stroud, a beautiful slip stroke
The Fox at the Cotton Bowling Palace
The Creeper , allegedly from the underworld,,ask Billy again
A guy called one hand who ran around with Pucket
Newkirk the Insurance man,good player too,gave me a huge spot
Waco Sam Abnor, the greatest heads up pool player of his time,I grew to love him
like a father, he was a business man and got me set up in the real estate business in order to get me away from the gambling life.
Told me I would never make it gambling,it wasn't any good any more. I said "thanks "I loved that old man He did get me in a few nice spots to help me. but mainly got me out of the life, kinda adopted me.
these are guys i played pool with tat are known to some of the old timers, it wasn'talways gambling,sometimes we just exchanged shots and stories