Pool Personalities

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Danny DiLiberto, Larry Liscioti, Ronnie Allen, Cole Dickson, Johhny Ervalino, Danny Jones, Cornbread Red, Louie Roberts, Mike Sigel, etc.

Above are a few of my most entertaining pool personalities that I have seen in person or met. Who is your favorite personality in pool (past or present)?

Oh I forgot Junior Harris, Scott Smith and Jimmy Mataya.

My favorite was Louie Roberts -> great talent, best stroke and lots of personality.... Sad ending though....
 
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Danny DiLiberto, Larry Liscioti, Ronnie Allen, Cole Dickson, Johhny Ervalino, Danny Jones, Cornbread Red, Louie Roberts, Mike Sigel, etc.

Above are a few of my most entertaining pool personalities that I have seen in person or met. Who is your favorite personality in pool (past or present)?

Oh I forgot Junior Harris, Scott Smith and Jimmy Mataya.

My favorite was Louie Roberts -> great talent, best stroke and lots of personality.... Sad ending though....

You forgot Keith. He belongs near the top with Ronnie and Louie.
 
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You forgot Keith. He belongs near the top with Ronnie and Louie.

Thank you Jay. When Keith was on a roll he was like somebody from another planet. He might have been the model for Mork. Very funny and a shot making monster. When both he and Ronnie were in the room during the earl;y years of Hard Times it was almost like being at a tennis match as your head swung from one table to another.

Can't have a list without those two.
 
I grew up in Texas and got a chance to be around U. J. Puckett quite a bit he has to be one most entertaining pool personalities EVER.
 
I grew up in Texas and got a chance to be around U. J. Puckett quite a bit he has to be one most entertaining pool personalities EVER.

Cornbread had a long running argument with UJ...he said UJ was the funniest man that
ever walked into a pool hall....UJ claimed that Cornbread was.
 
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All of the above plus Billy Incardona and Buddy Hall. I can not remember if it was the Open or Derby but whoever Buddy was playing had a real head of steam going. To cool his opponent off Buddy took like a 30 minute bathroom break. Yes he came back and won.
I loved watching and listening to all these guys.
 
Cornbread Red ... an unbelievable character. Didn't really know him but was in The Rack many times when he plied his trade.
 
I was also at the Glass City Open in Toledo, Ohio in May of 1987 and hob nobbed with Jimmy Mataya and his young wife Eva. Damn, she was beautiful and still is!
 
Lots of great names and I agree with all of them. But here's one more the fat man Minnesota fats
 
Lots of great names and I agree with all of them. But here's one more the fat man Minnesota fats

OMG Fats commanded the room when he was present. I saw them all and they stayed quiet when Fats was talking. Almost all the hustlers liked him; the tournament players not so much.
 
How the hell could I forget Fatty?

Fats was so over-the-top, especially when he played Mosconi on TV.
They were polar opposites in personality.
Willie's personality was zero and Fats' approached infinity.
Charlie Ursitti was very perceptive and wouldn't stop Fats' verbal deluge.
Nobody could out-talk Fats.

Don Willis was smart, funny and commanded the room when he performed his various hustles. I saw him in NYC at Paddy's 7-11 in the early '60's.

Tommy Cosmo was fun to watch as he danced around the table while running out.
They were all stop shots....that's why an easy layout is sometimes called a "Cosmo".

Freddy 'The Beard' Bentivegna was a great story teller and a keen observer of his fellow man. I didn't know him well, but he told me quite a bit about himself. It's all in his book.
 
Fats was so over-the-top, especially when he played Mosconi on TV.
They were polar opposites in personality.
Willie's personality was zero and Fats' approached infinity.
Charlie Ursitti was very perceptive and wouldn't stop Fats' verbal deluge.
Nobody could out-talk Fats.

Don Willis was smart, funny and commanded the room when he performed his various hustles. I saw him in NYC at Paddy's 7-11 in the early '60's.

Tommy Cosmo was fun to watch as he danced around the table while running out.
They were all stop shots....that's why an easy layout is sometimes called a "Cosmo".

Freddy 'The Beard' Bentivegna was a great story teller and a keen observer of his fellow man. I didn't know him well, but he told me quite a bit about himself. It's all in his book.

Good observations here. Cosmo had a staccato rapid fire way of talking, unique to him. He actually played a decent game with 14.1 his best game (50 ball runner). He would play the big tourneys and score an occasional upset.
 
You forgot Keith. He belongs near the top with Ronnie and Louie.

Thank you. Keith will, I know, appreciate being remembered. He still gets requests for autographs from pool peeps, which brings him great pleasure.
 
Keith for sure, but how can Earl be missed?
..Alex is the stand-out of today's players.

Those three right there would bring the house down if they were in a ring game with microphones! :grin-square:
 
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