A List of the Greatest Pool Players of All-Time
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Yes, I was wrong about his age, he was 53 in this match, still played at a high level at that age and still a giant in this sport imho
In 1972 Hawaiian Brian Hashimoto was getting the Call 7 from Billy Johnson and losing. By 1973 he was winning even. He played everybody even and by 1977 was a Road Monster. He then went back to Hawaii and opened his room never really played much anymore. I can't remember players jumping up to play him during this time. By the way his OP game was right there with all the top players during that time.
I knew Brian and his backer .
His backer told me that Brian played the Miz getting the 7 and broke even.
I've played pool with Brian and he could play and getting the 7 from the Miz and breaking even tells me the Miz was as good as anyone.
He was still one of ten best straight poolers at age 65, but it was at age 70 that his game started to fall off quite a bit. He tried playing in the 1986 PBT World 14.1 at age 72 in Philadelphia, but his game had eroded and I'm not sure he ever competed again.
At one point he started to lose track of things and even moved the cue ball in a match thinking it was just practice. A checkup revealed a circulation problem, and it was reportedly fixed. I'm not sure when that happened, but I'd guess sometime in the middle 1980s. I remember in the 1980 14.1 WC he seemed fine as I reffed his match against Richie Florence.