RIP CHANG JUNG LIN

[The Old Jaybird]

Third Taiwanese pool player dead, all age 45 or younger, in past 5 years.

 

[Icon of Sin]

Very bummed about this. Dude was a super strong player and a great ambassador for pool. Such great fundamentals and consistency.

 

[Icon of Sin]

This guy was a positive "force" for Taiwan, I wouldn't put it past the ChiComs to arrange for his demise. I wish no ill will on anyone, but crap like this happens. I wasn't familiar with him, but by accounts he was a good guy.

Little Rocket Man in North Korea had his uncle murdered at an airport, and it is on security video.

Iran just put out a $40 million contract on Trump.

Everything after the first comma in your post is completely classless and does not belong here.

 

[rossaroni]

RIP Chang. Really sad news. What a great player!

 

[highkarate]

This guy was a positive "force" for Taiwan, I wouldn't put it past the ChiComs to arrange for his demise. I wish no ill will on anyone, but crap like this happens. I wasn't familiar with him, but by accounts he was a good guy.

Little Rocket Man in North Korea had his uncle murdered at an airport, and it is on security video.

Iran just put out a $40 million contract on Trump.

Absolute mush-brain drivel that has no place in a thread celebrating the life and accomplishments of one of our sports GOATs. Delete this mods

 

[briclops]

Hopefully there is one more achievement that he can achieve, which is the BCA Hall of Fame.

 

[7stud]

Yeah, that was amazing. Also incredible was the 2019 Bigfoot 10ball final vs Filler. Josh ran out to a 5-0 lead, but JL Chang then produced some of the finest 10ball I have ever seen to pull off the comeback.

 

[skogstokig]

a moment of silence with the other players in the event he was at when he passed (about 8 minutes in):

 

[skogstokig]

Sad to hear.

Was he a smoker?

used to be, don't know if he still was.

i heard now he died of a stroke, not a heart attack. he was rooming with ryan hsu (w8b finalist last year), who found him and went with him in the ambulance

 

[sjm]

Looks like my memory failed me. Josh led 4-0, not 5-0, before Chang found that gear, It was one of the more memorable big foot finals, a nice sampling of Chang's amazing skills.

 

[sjm]

a moment of silence with the other players in the event he was at when he passed (about 8 minutes in):

Wow, that made my cry. Our professional pool community is not very big, and we feel it when we lose one of our own. Nonetheless, the memories of this great champion are for keeps, and we will cling to them.

 

[skogstokig]

Wow, that made my cry. Our professional pool community is not very big, and we feel it when we lose one of our own. Nonetheless, the memories of this great champion are for keeps, and we will cling to them.

well put. i was moved too.

 

[axejunkie]

I pulled up a video of him last night in remembrance, it was Derby City 2019 and he calmly ran a 4 pack to start. His cueball was exceptional as usual. I think if there was one modern player whom a beginner should model his/her fundamentals after, it was probably his. He had a compact swing but could pull out all the strokes when needed.

 

[sjm]

I pulled up a video of him last night in remembrance, it was Derby City 2019 and he calmly ran a 4 pack to start. His cueball was exceptional as usual. I think if there was one modern player whom a beginner should model his/her fundamentals after, it was probably his. He had a compact swing but could pull out all the strokes when needed.

PT109 hit the nail on the head when he called Chang the "Asian Buddy Hall."

 

[skogstokig]

chang at the world 9b championship 2005:

 

[hello]

PT109 hit the nail on the head when he called Chang the "Asian Buddy Hall."

He certainly was a great player, however, I don't see any correlation between his and the riflemans style of play or stroke.

 

[sjm]

He certainly was a great player, however, I don't see any correlation between his and the riflemans style of play or stroke.

JL Chang had a beautiful stroke and seemed more into the action scene than the tournament scene. In those respects, he was the "Asian Buddy Hall."

 

[FairladyZ]

Wow...so young!!


RIP.

 

[straightline]

He certainly was a great player, however, I don't see any correlation between his and the riflemans style of play or stroke.

I likened him to Ralf Souquet. Similar bullet proof vibe.

 

[7stud]

Mark Wilson commentating in 2019:

[Chang Jung Lin] is only 33. He's just now getting set to to enter the prime of his pool playing career. I would say mid 30's to mid 40's, maybe even late 40's.

Top 100 Players today:

1. Joshua Filler DEU 858
2. Ameer Ali IRQ 851
3. Fedor Gorst USA 846
4. Pin-Yi Ko TWN 846
5. Francisco Sanchez Ruiz ESP 844
6. Shane Van Boening USA 844
7. Ping-Chung Ko TWN 843
8. Aloysius Yapp SGP 835
9. Jung Lin Chang TWN 834
10. Johann Chua PHL 834
11. Carlo Biado PHL 834