Buddy Hall - RIP

Here to pay my respects.

I read his autobiography when I was a teenager learning the game. He helped fill my childhood with dreams of greatness. I'm glad I got a chance to tell him this and thank him.

We've only got one life so might as well make it count. One thing I can say for sure is that Buddy absolutely did.
 
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Have a safe trip Buddy. Say hi to Danny DiLiberto when you get up there. It's odd how Danny D was very close in birth and death to buddy, yet Danny seemed to have come from a much older era. But now that I think about it, Buddy was playing an Johnson City and I need to correct myself. I previously posted that Danny Diliberto was the last living player from the legendary Johnson City era. Danny Died in February which made Buddy the oldest living player. Now with buddy gone I'll have to do some reserach to see who is the oldest living player from that era.

RIP Buddy, we're going to miss you but not all the tournaments you've won (ovewr 100 pro titles) and accomplishments you've conquered, a true legend!

Here a funnny little story Danny D shared about Buddy.

“But I always have to add this to the story; Buddy Hall was playing in a tournament once and he won about seven in a row and then played a guy and lost. So he goes on the loser's side – well, that's okay, he's still the best player – he figures he'll play single elimination now. So he won a few more matches, then he lost again to the same guy. The guy lost and came on the loser's side and beat him again. The guy's name was Delmer Schmeltzer – that's better than Toby Dick.”
 
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Had a chat one year with Buddy at the DCC and a few years later drew him in the 1pocket.

Both times he was a gentleman. The first time, at the Executive West, like 2008, he asked to see my 8-point Gina that Gail had given me for our 10th anniversary. Buddy was sitting at the Inside Pool booth, just to one side of the tournament room doors and he says to me, "What kinda of cue is that that you're playing with?" And I tell him, "Old school Gina, Buddy." And I pull it out of my case and hand it to him. And for a couple of minutes, he just goes over it, inch by inch, saying, "Beautiful. Just, absolutely, beautiful." And he hands it back and says, "Thanks for showing that to me." And I say, "Thank you, Buddy."

In any case, I consider myself lucky to have had the opportunity to talk to and play one of the truly great legends of the game.

RIP, Buddy.

Lou Figueroa
 
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