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ST LOUIE LOUIE
Jersey Red..Jack Breit 'the Aitola of One Hola' "the Red Rocket of One Pocket"
Danny Medina
Jack Potter
he tried to be a gambler and held up too,but i think he just loves pool
Harry Platis
Greg"the train" Stevens..I am proud to say I convinced him to quit the life and make something of himself
As far as I know he went straight back to Witchita Kansas and barred gamblers
Tim Scruggs.. what a wonderful person
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 occasi
Slip Stroke Jr Howard
Roy West,
Jack Terry
CJ
Moses Brooks the best black golf hustler I ever met,he could shoot par with only one hand,"the wing" 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 one pocket'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 befriended his son Tommy ,but Ty was too sharp .to stick with long
Joey Barnes... he also outran the nuts a few times,could have been a really good player
John Barton
Paul Mottey,no mean player of all games
Jerry Franklin
George Mc Gan...again Billy might tell us about this Dixie Mafia character
Tommy Rey great action player,nice guy too
Baltimore Danny
Eddie Kelly what a player,Nick Varner class player,gentleman,will be missed
new guys may not remember him but Billy S or Billy Incardona could tell stories about him
Buddy Dennis
Eddie Taylor The best bank player I everheard of,perhaps all around greatest of his era
Norman Hitchcock won johnson city
Mark Griffin
Dick Lane
Lauri Franklin,not a bad player and lots of fun,the queen of cues
Bob Vanover
Don Owen
The Road Runner
Bob Owen
Mike Massey
Tex Watson of the manson family fame,I played him when he was ivy League kap sig fraternity at North texas
clean cut kid when i knew him,this guy alone is reason enough to scare me away from drugs
Cliff Joyner
John Hager Sr.. here was a tough guy to beat
John Jr
Jack Cooney
Little Al Mason
Steve Smith,the Lizard, he took me for a partner lost and offered to pay my end because heplayed so bad
Paul Gurney
Mark Tad
Rex King
Shannon Dalton
Cannonball
black sam
Bob Dickerson
Willie Mosconi the greatest of his time
minnesota fats
evil knevil..the motorcycle daredevil,he thought he was a good golfer and played high in his crowd
he spouted off that he could beat any pga player for one million if he put up his own money
a group of us spent time getting in his presence and offered to let him play Lee Trevino
The Pga caught wind of the game and threatened Lee with suspension ruining our big chance
No one in the world had to beat Lee at this time,Nicklaus might be the favorite,but Evil Knevil had no chance
yahoo mc daniel..the wrestler and football star of the Jets with Namath
Ben Hogan
Billy Stroud,, the pool hustler later the cue maker who changed everything
Jake Hulcy...the talented cue maker
Jerry Franklin.. of South West cue fame
Vince Tedesco friend of jerry,made a mistake betting on me
Don Williams ,of poker tourna,ment fame
Stu Unger of the same
Johnny Moss poker player,world serieswinner
Archie in Las Vgas...remember him? winning 30 million at the dice table By the time
I thought we would play one pocket,he lost the entire 30 million.the story of my life.
Johnny Cash,we both had wife named June
Nick Varner... Here isthe best player to ever live,and no i didn't gamble with him
I would rather bet on Nick than anyone,I wouldn't need to ask who,or how are thet playing
jr norris .. a noted local from witchita falls,bar pool player
Jackie Gleason not a bad player for a movie star,you guys know him
Dick Weaver of horse race fame
gGatum Harlem Globetrotter
Randy White the basket ball player
meadow lark lemon
suit case dave
Wimpy Lassiter... i was with him when someone stold his Gina Cue,sad day
Louie Harper , another Oak Cliff boy, you never know how much you love a guy till he dies
Tommy Blanton.. Oak Cliff
Reymond Turner
Don Furr the owner of baby dolls next to rustys,poker hustler
Sugar Ray ,the boxer
Phil Sears
Jimmy Welch
Anthony the pimp and his side kick
Jimmy the car dealer from Oak Cliff
John Baldauf..
Bob Mapes..the chess player,beat boris spasky once
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
Parica
Jean Balukas
Mickey Stone
Max Yberra, who almost kept the city alive by himself with timely contributions
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 nu
Billy Johnson, well that was one of his names
and Dianne his wife
Vernon Litton
Vernon Elliot
Jack Ruby
Mary's husband Freddie when they ownd the Cutopia at Swenso and Twain
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
Okie from Miskokee Merl Hagard
and another Rock star in Las Vegas/ kinda more country , nice guy,good player not
The bumper man
The peanut man
Jeremy Jones
Mike the bookie
Richie Frorence
Richie Ambrose
mike siegel..the poker player
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
60 years later and I remember his beautiful stroke
The Fox at the Cotton Bowling Palace
The Creeper , allegedly from the underworld,,ask Billy again
A guy called little 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 helped me. by mainly got me out of the life, kinda adopted me.
these are guys i played pool with that are known to some of the old timers, it wasn't always gambling,sometimes we just exchanged shots and stories
Forgive me for putting this list up,once I got started it was a challenge to see if I remembered or could remember
Several of these guys beat me out running the nuts
PS When I talk about loving some of these guys,don't get any funny ideas.
Ole Dean is no 90s guy