Bill "Weenie Beenie" Staton passes

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Steve Booth at OnePocket.Org has just reported the death of Bill Staton. He will be missed. He was a world class person as well as player. My condolences go out to his family and friends.
 
hemicudas said:
Steve Booth at OnePocket.Org has just reported the death of Bill Staton. He will be missed. He was a world class person as well as player. My condolences go out to his family and friends.
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Jimmy Fusco introduced me to Bill in the late seventies, and I saw him play one pocket a couple of times back then in the Philadelphia area. About twenty years later, I saw him when he graced the 1999 National Straight Pool Championships with his presence.

Nice man with a nice game. He was personable and classy. Weenie will be missed.
 
Weenie Beenie and Ervolino are probably racking them up for a game of One Pocket right about now.

I used to really enjoy when he did commentary for alot of the Accu-Stats 14.1 productions. He always had good insight, good stories and like SJM said, seemed like a really good guy.
 
I wasn't fortunate enough to know Weenie Beenie, but I really enjoyed his commentary on Accu-stats. I hate hearing about about older players passing, because I think we as a pool playing community lose a lot of pool's history in this process. This is one of the reasons why I think what Steve Booth is doing at Onepocket.org is so important; I think his site is perhaps the first attempt at writing down pool history with regard to one-pocket and banks. Pool will miss Weenie Beenie.

kollegedave
 
I join in passing along condolences to the Staton family. I had the honor of meeting Bill Staton briefly years ago, and found him to be as friendly and elegant as I had heard for years. Great pool player with an impeccable reputation...he lived a full, robust life.
 
Me too

jnav447 said:
I join in passing along condolences to the Staton family. I had the honor of meeting Bill Staton briefly years ago, and found him to be as friendly and elegant as I had heard for years. Great pool player with an impeccable reputation...he lived a full, robust life.
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He came through my home room a number of years ago. He introduced himself to me (I was behind the counter) as a pool hustler. He inquired if anyone played some good one pocket. I recognized his voice from accustat tapes and asked him if he was weenie beenie. He looked surprised. We had a good conversation and he hung out. People knew who he was and gave him a great amount of respect. He did not match up at my place- but I think he went to the other place.

I am sad to hear of his passing. My condolences to his family. He was a champion and conducted himself like a real gentleman.
 
My condolences also to his family. He was truly a gentleman pool player - always carried himself with dignity and showed respect to all - and it was a real treat to hear him tell pool stories in his smooth-as-silk voice. He will be greatly missed.

Rest in peace, Bill.
 
I did not know him personally, but I enjoyed the stories that Sonny Springer has told me of good times they had.
Best Wishes to His family.

Pepper
 
hemicudas said:
Steve Booth at OnePocket.Org has just reported the death of Bill Staton. He will be missed. He was a world class person as well as player. My condolences go out to his family and friends.
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Why did he have the Nickname.. Bill "Weenie Beenie" ?
 
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