Any good one eyed pool players?
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Pretty sure the great snooker play Joe Davis was blind in one eye.
Patch eye Henry lost one eye in his youth. He was a 300 ball straight player and great one pocket player. He died about 5 years ago, about age 85. He still played strong in his last few years.
Some called him One-eyed Joe....but he just favored his left eye greatly....
...like Earl favors his right,
Neils Feijen, for all practical purposes. he's 85% blind in one eye.
more generally, keen eyesight is greatly overrated and used as an excuse for bad play which has nothing to do with it. for example, Thorsten Hohmann sometimes plays tournaments without his contact lenses, and Mark Williams has won top snooker championships in recent years while closing his eyes on table-length shots; that's 12+ feet into pockets the size of bb's.
more generally, keen eyesight is greatly overrated and used as an excuse for bad play which has nothing to do with it. for example, Thorsten Hohmann sometimes plays tournaments without his contact lenses, and Mark Williams has won top snooker championships in recent years while closing his eyes on table-length shots; that's 12+ feet into pockets the size of bb's.
There is a player in Fresno that has won on the local west coast Mezz tour and other regional events.
He is legally blind and cannot even recognize pool balls through his damaged eye. He shoots one-eyed.
This fellow also plays a perpendicular table and plays his shots with an amazingly straight stroke too.
Mark Moser.....I’m looking forward to playing pool with him, Tommy Hill, TJ, & rest of the old gang again soon.
He is legally blind and cannot even recognize pool balls through his damaged eye. He shoots one-eyed.
This fellow also plays a perpendicular table and plays his shots with an amazingly straight stroke too.
Mark Moser.....I’m looking forward to playing pool with him, Tommy Hill, TJ, & rest of the old gang again soon.
http://www.onepocket.org/rackem-up-with-jaffar-patch-eye-basheer/
Here is a really nice interview with Patch Eye Henry, I think from about 10 years ago.
Here is a really nice interview with Patch Eye Henry, I think from about 10 years ago.
Not professional level, of course, but the great Peter Falk enjoyed a game of pool. 
I used to play a one-armed fellow who was damned good.
Tommy Brown (RIP) was great. I saw him play at Mr. C’s in Miami a few times.
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Joe Chamaco won the world 3 cushion championship, he had lost an eye in a car wreck and had to relearn how to play.
I saw this great interview several years ago.
Insightful and substantive. He was a sharp guy, as well as great player.
Thanks for the link, I enjoyed it all over again.
Will Prout
No one's mentioned Kim Davenport? He came back playing really strong after losing his vision in one eye.