Gus Mueller ... Owner/House Pro at Panarama Billiards ...

Chris Raftis when I knew him in the 1990s was in a wheel chair. Here is a picture from his 1991 book, Teach Yourself Pool. He was in the BCA instructor program when it started a couple of years after that. He moved to Greece, maybe around 2000.

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Shooting one handed:

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There you go! He was deadly shooting just like that. Of course in his younger days he was standing on his feet. I wasn't around to see him in a wheelchair. I saw him in his prime. Little Miami was over in Columbus at the time, hanging out in Danny Jones poolroom there. He claimed to be the second best one handed player after Goosatay. I think Russ Maddox invited him and Jones to come to Dayton and play Raftis. They never showed!
 
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