RIP Pete Horn

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We would like everyone to know that Pete passed away earlier this week. He was a pro level player and agent. Pete won the Capital City Open around 1990 with a strong pro field. Our condolences to his family and friends. Larry and Terri Faulk, Harold Dollar, Johnny McCloud, and BreakTime Billiards in wilmington. If anyone knows of some good stories about Pete it would be nice to bring back some memories of him, so feel free to post them. Thanks
 
poolplayermama said:
We would like everyone to know that Pete passed away earlier this week. He was a pro level player and agent. Pete won the Capital City Open around 1990 with a strong pro field. Our condolences to his family and friends. Larry and Terri Faulk, Harold Dollar, Johnny McCloud, and BreakTime Billiards in wilmington. If anyone knows of some good stories about Pete it would be nice to bring back some memories of him, so feel free to post them. Thanks
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Awe man,I hate to here that news.

I'll tell ya what,that guy had about as much fire power as anyone I have ever seen.I went on a couple road trips with him.We always had alot of fun and good times.He told me forever that he taught Earl the Pearl how to play pool.And I think I heard Earl admit to that as well.

Quick story..We were somewhere In SC and he sent me Into this place,( It was a bar/ bait store,Well Pete had to stay out In the car cause they knew him around there and that would have knocked my action.Well I beat the owner out of a few hundred but the guy got drunk on whiskey while we were playing and got all rednecked and woundn't pay me the last set.Well I said ok then and I got out of there as fast as I could,( It was fixin to get ugly) When I got In the car and told Pete what happened he went off and we rented a room there for the night so Pete could go back and knock the window out of the joint,LOL.Lucky for us It didn't work out cause the cops were thick around the place all night.

For the one's that didn't know him,he stood straight up when he played and left his bridge finger just hang loose and not connected to his middle finger.He had one heck of a high gear,I'm tellin ya!! He wasn't scared of anyone! First time I ran Into him,I got him to paly some banks.He didn't like that to well and from then on he called me Straightback Brumback,LOL
Man I miss him already.RIP Pete Horn.He was very well liked everywhere we went!!John B.
 
Pete came through Eau Claire, wi ......

It got 2 copys somehow............
 
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Pete came through Eau Claire, wi ......

JBKY said:
Awe man,I hate to here that news.

I'll tell ya what,that guy had about as much fire power as anyone I have ever seen.I went on a couple road trips with him.We always had alot of fun and good times.He told me forever that he taught Earl the Pearl how to play pool.And I think I heard Earl admit to that as well.

Quick story..We were somewhere In SC and he sent me Into this place,( It was a bar/ bait store,Well Pete had to stay out In the car cause they knew him around there and that would have knocked my action.Well I beat the owner out of a few hundred but the guy got drunk on whiskey while we were playing and got all rednecked and woundn't pay me the last set.Well I said ok then and I got out of there as fast as I could,( It was fixin to get ugly) When I got In the car and told Pete what happened he went off and we rented a room there for the night so Pete could go back and knock the window out of the joint,LOL.Lucky for us It didn't work out cause the cops were thick around the place all night.

For the one's that didn't know him,he stood straight up when he played and left his bridge finger just hang loose and not connected to his middle finger.He had one heck of a high gear,I'm tellin ya!! He wasn't scared of anyone! First time I ran Into him,I got him to paly some banks.He didn't like that to well and from then on he called me Straightback Brumback,LOL
Man I miss him already.RIP Pete Horn.He was very well liked everywhere we went!!John B.
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The place was the Happy Hollow in Eau Claire, Wi.

They called me up and said there was this guy from Menomonie that wanted to play some pool. I came flying down to the bar because there was nobody in Menomonie that could beat me. Menomonie was about 25 miles from Eau Claire.

I walked into the place and there was this big guy in Bib overalls. He seemed like a pretty nice guy. We made a game real quick. A race to 9 for $200.00.

This guy shot pretty good. I mean real pretty good. I was only about 25 years old at the time but i played pretty good on that bar table. Especially the one we were playing on.

I asked him again, Where you from. Pete said Menomonie. I told him that I knew everyone that played pool from Menomonie and that he wasn't one of them. He then replied Menomonie Fall. Down by Milwaukee. This kind of got him off the hook because I didn't hardly know anyone from down by Milwaukee at that time.

We played another set and i won. I don't recall what the score was on either set but he won the first one and I won the second.

He wanted to play for $500 but I told him I'd play for $300.

I was having a little trouble drawing the ball. I got out of line on some shape and it cost me that next set for sure.

As I started the next set one of the patrons of the bar came up to me in the bathroom and told me that Pete was switching the cue balls. Sure enough. When he scratched he would get the cue ball for me and that is when he would switch them. If he won the game he would switch them back before he broke. If the patron wouldn't have told me I wouldn't have figured it out until I was broke. And then maybe not.

He had a heavy one that was the same size as the one that was on the table. With those big bib overalls you couldn't tell if he had 5 cue balls.

It was a slick move and one that I never forgot.

It might have cost me $600.00 that day and I might have lost anyway but it saved me $1,000's over my lifetime. I never had that happen again.

Besides that, I had enough of this guy. He shot too good. The cue ball thing gave me a perfect reason to quit. I don't think he hardly missed a ball.

Pete was a really nice guy. He was just out on the road trying to make the money as fast as he could just like all roadplayers during that time.

I only saw Pete one time after that at a tournament. He wasn't there for the tourny and it seemed nobody knew him. I think he was a little worried about me saying something to someone. But he didn't know that nobody there knew me either.

Pete was there for the hustle. I was there for the tourny.

I think he must have been about 5 years older than me. he couldn't have been over 65 when he passed.

I know this though. If we would have lived in the same area we would have become best of friends.

He really seemed like a nice guy..............
 
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RIP Pete Horn

He came thru West Tn and the surrounding area when I first started getting out. I steered him to a nice score,he threw me a jelly and I went and watched him wherever he was for months. He was pretty helpful as far as showing me things I never would have learned on my own.

I never did get to see his absolute top gear,just what I THINK it was.

His break was truly something to see. It reminded me of Sigel in the 80's. His speed was probably 26mph,and out of 1500 or so racks,he never did scratch due to a mis-hit,only when kicked. Other than that,his rock was exactly halfway between where he broke from and the spot,in a dead straight line,and squatted it as well as anyone I've ever seen.

Damn cool guy in my book,and he will be missed. Tommy D.
 
Pete In Asheville, NC

Yeah, Pete could really PLAY!!! He was a road player and used to come around Good Times Billiards (Asheville, NC) in the early 80's. He would play a little at Good Times but everbody new his SPEED!!! He usually would come in to get his tips worked on or replaced on his Huebler cue (The owner did jam up cue repair and was a steer man and Pete's friend). After receiving his new tip Pete would just hit some balls, Pete just FIRED IN long shots and could spin the ball like Earl... It was amazing! I was just a kid (12 or 13) and was the Rack Boy/ Gopher/ Table Brusher/ Cleaner that hung out with the BIG BOYS... And I Sure Loved It... Miss those days alot! Anyway, Pete would always go out of his way to say hello to me and show me some shots (Back then only a hand few would show you anything!). He was always looking for action and at that time a place called Cowboy's had huge Bar Box action with alot of good players around and Pete would Bust Em' All and then head to the Lucky Break in Greenville, SC for some more action! IMO... Pete had Charisma and Heart like Louie Roberts, Pete kinda reminds me of Louie... In a way. Pete used to love showin' his stroke off... and boy did he have a stroke! I remember seeing Pete beat alot of guys and they all still liked Pete... They would wave him bye after he busted them and play him again and lose the next time Pete was in town! Funny, I was just thinking about Pete and talking about him just a few weeks ago. RIP Pete! I Will Always Remember You, Your Friend, David
 
"Pete we are going to miss you. He was a good friend and could shoot a mean game of pool. He used to say" the sign of a mispent childhood meant you were a good pool player". I met Pete in Player's Billiards in 1986 and we had a lot of times together...." Lewis Croom (Fayetteville, NC )
 
Fast Davie NC said:
Yeah, Pete could really PLAY!!! He was a road player and used to come around Good Times Billiards (Asheville, NC) in the early 80's. He would play a little at Good Times but everbody new his SPEED!!! He usually would come in to get his tips worked on or replaced on his Huebler cue (The owner did jam up cue repair and was a steer man and Pete's friend). After receiving his new tip Pete would just hit some balls, Pete just FIRED IN long shots and could spin the ball like Earl... It was amazing! I was just a kid (12 or 13) and was the Rack Boy/ Gopher/ Table Brusher/ Cleaner that hung out with the BIG BOYS... And I Sure Loved It... Miss those days alot! Anyway, Pete would always go out of his way to say hello to me and show me some shots (Back then only a hand few would show you anything!). He was always looking for action and at that time a place called Cowboy's had huge Bar Box action with alot of good players around and Pete would Bust Em' All and then head to the Lucky Break in Greenville, SC for some more action! IMO... Pete had Charisma and Heart like Louie Roberts, Pete kinda reminds me of Louie... In a way. Pete used to love showin' his stroke off... and boy did he have a stroke! I remember seeing Pete beat alot of guys and they all still liked Pete... They would wave him bye after he busted them and play him again and lose the next time Pete was in town! Funny, I was just thinking about Pete and talking about him just a few weeks ago. RIP Pete! I Will Always Remember You, Your Friend, David
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Good story! He did have a certain cool aire about him didn't he.He was kinda like a gun slinger when he came to town.I think he was one of kind to tell ya truth.He had that big freewheeling stroke like Earl.Ask Earl who got him started.Bet he says Pete Horn.John B.
 
Aloha All and RIP Pete,

Had the pleasure of knowing and shooting with Pete when I was at Bragg a few years ago. Heck of a great guy and definitely a shooter. My condolences to his friends and family.

Mahalo,
Carl
 
I knew Pete fairly well but hadn't seen or heard from in years. I'm sorry to hear about his passing. I did hear he had been driving a truck. Does anyone know what happened? Vernon Elliot said he'd kill Pete if he ever saw him but Vernon had already passed away as well. There's no doubt Pete was a heckuva player though. He might've been one of the best in the world on a barbox with the big cueball.
 
R . I . P .

I had the pleasure of playing Pete , mostly racking , several years ago and I must say ,He was one of the nicest men I have ever met !
Earl told me one night that Pete Horne was the one player that he could never win against . They pretty much grew up together and Pete always had his candy .
It is just a great thing when a person can be as nice as Pete was ,,smiling at you the whole time he is just running rack after rack .
We have lost one of the best !
 
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I knew Pete fairly well but hadn't seen or heard from in years. I'm sorry to hear about his passing. I did hear he had been driving a truck. Does anyone know what happened? Vernon Elliot said he'd kill Pete if he ever saw him but Vernon had already passed away as well. There's no doubt Pete was a heckuva player though. He might've been one of the best in the world on a barbox with the big cueball.
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Mitch... Do I know you? Are you the same Mitch that played at Good Times? PM Me!
 
Mitchxout said:
I knew Pete fairly well but hadn't seen or heard from in years. I'm sorry to hear about his passing. I did hear he had been driving a truck. Does anyone know what happened? Vernon Elliot said he'd kill Pete if he ever saw him but Vernon had already passed away as well. There's no doubt Pete was a heckuva player though. He might've been one of the best in the world on a barbox with the big cueball.
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Pete was driving a rig the time I knew him.
 
Rip

Sorry to hear of Pete's passing. He was one of the outstanding characters of the game and an adventurous soul to say the least. I only got to hang out with him a few times in Kinston, N.C., but he could squeeze all there was outta life and it was always awesome to be in his presence for sure. Rest in peace Pete, you will definately be missed and remembered fondly.
 
Mitch, WOW!!! Good Times... No Puns Intended!!! I would love to catch up with you and play some pool! Please get in touch with me! PM me! It's been a long time but we were great friends... remember? I looked up to you! I heard that you played golf like you use to play pool... Lights out... Take Care, Brother!
 
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That sucks, met him many times in the Fayetteville tournament scene years ago - you definitely had to bring some game or he'd steamroll you. He'll be missed.
 
thats sad news. i saw him play bak in the day, but i think he has been out of the pool scene quite awhile. heard he became a truck driver?
 
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