Recognize this guy?

[TATE]

I was thumbing through some old books and I ran across this photo.

Who the heck is it?

Hint - he's not a member of the BeeGees but made his own video.

Chris

 

[Kerry Impson]

Looks like Jimmy Mataya? (But I haven't seen him in so long I'm not really sure!)

 

[TATE]

Looks like Jimmy Mataya? (But I haven't seen him in so long I'm not really sure!)

Wow Kerry, you're good!

Ever see his video about hustling pool? It was perhaps the dumbest ass video I've ever seen!

Chris

 

[Kerry Impson]

I never did see his video, but I've heard about it ("infamous" is the word that comes to mind!). I'm really surprised I guessed that right - I kept wondering if I should delete my post!!! LOL.

 

[sjm]

This is definitely Jimmy "pretty boy floyd" Mataya, and the picture is surely from the early 1980's. Jimmy was Ewa Laurance's first husband.

 

[JAM]

I have not seen Jimmy Mataya make a cameo appearance at any pool event in recent times. He did attend the 2004 Derby City Classic and the 2003 Glass City Open. I did read in the pool media that he stated that Ewa was one of the best things that ever happened to him in his life. I did read with interest his reasons for leaving the sport, and I totally identify and understand his reasoning!

Here's a picture of Jimmy taken at the 2003 Glass City Open in Toledo, Ohio!

JAM

 

[hemicudas]

I have not seen Jimmy Mataya make a cameo appearance at any pool event in recent times. He did attend the 2004 Derby City Classic and the 2003 Glass City Open. I did read in the pool media that he stated that Ewa was one of the best things that ever happened to him in his life. I did read with interest his reasons for leaving the sport, and I totally identify and understand his reasoning!

Here's a picture of Jimmy taken at the 2003 Glass City Open in Toledo, Ohio!

JAM[/QUOTE



I believe the first picture has to have been taken in the late 60s or early 70s. Unless,,,,,,he has a painting in his attic..... That's the way he looked in 1970.

 

[TATE]

You're right on, $Bill. The year was 1970. He just finished taking 3rd place in the U.S. Open. The "Miz" took first and Luther Lassiter took 2nd.

Or, maybe he was disguised as Jim Morrison cruising for bar action on Sunset Strip.

Chris

 

[Snapshot9]

I don't think so.

I believe you are incorrect about the time period for Jimmy's Picture.
He is 4 or 5 years younger than I am, and he was a teenager in the late
60's and early 70's. You see, when I was 20 and in the Navy, I played him in San Diego for 3 days off and on, and he was 15 at the time, and on about his first road trip with a backer.

He looks to be 26 or 27 in the picture, and around the time he was getting
lessons from Minnesota Fats.

 

[TATE]

I believe you are incorrect about the time period for Jimmy's Picture.
He is 4 or 5 years younger than I am, and he was a teenager in the late
60's and early 70's. You see, when I was 20 and in the Navy, I played him in San Diego for 3 days off and on, and he was 15 at the time, and on about his first road trip with a backer.

He looks to be 26 or 27 in the picture, and around the time he was getting
lessons from Minnesota Fats.

It is right. I clipped it from a 1970 U.S. Open photo.

Chris