September 1977 Minnesota Fats, Where Are You? Texas Monthly

Island Drive

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September 1977 Minnesota Fats, Where Are You? Texas Monthly

Pool hustlers lie, wear disguises, take suckers’ money, and, worst of all, dream big dreams.

Read at this link:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/minnesota-fats-where-are-you/

I think to realistically answer the title, which has nothing to do with the article or your post was, Fats was actually in Sacramento at the time, at Terry Stoniers? billiard room. He gave me a ride back to my room. I played Annagoini there.
 

Geosnooker

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An aside

Walk down the street of my city and ask 100 Random people to name a pool player.

97 blank stares...the 3 giving an answer would be ‘Minnesota Fats‘.

Whatever anyone thinks of him, he is ‘the’ pool legend in North America.
 

Island Drive

Otto/Dads College Roommate/Cleveland Browns
Silver Member
An aside

Walk down the street of my city and ask 100 Random people to name a pool player.

97 blank stares...the 3 giving an answer would be ‘Minnesota Fats‘.

Whatever anyone thinks of him, he is ‘the’ pool legend in North America.

That's why, I took it upon myself, to drive too Dowell IL six weeks after he passed to talk to Evelyn, his wife of over 40 yrs.
I did a ''audio video'' one on one interview with her, of their times. From beginning to end.
It's a dead pan video of their life, from the time they met till the end, over forty yrs of living/traveling.
 
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