I agree and anyone who has Fast before their name has watched too many movies.
SloMoHolic aka SloMo aka Slo
-Blake
The Best Ever List of Pool Nicknames
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SloMoHolic aka SloMo aka Slo
-Blake
Yikes,, didn't know Mike Masse didn't like his knick name. But, probably more irritated with me for dragging everyone I know over to the Meucci booth to make him do his trick of Finger pool, (throwing the cue ball with a finger snap, to have it hook 90 degrees and pocket a ball !!!) He said it is hard for him these days, but everyone should see the videos online. I never get tired of watching that
Cornbread Red, I think was Billy Burge. I was happy to start playing when I did and get to meet so many of these players. Mosconi was my idol, and I was lucky Dolly Eckstad would come to events and invite Willie and the Balukas family and others to lunch,, oh and me? Jean was a big idol of mine too. It was surreal that Dolly would invite me.
Willie never seemed to get a nickname other than just "Mosconi". Now days the knick names seem more forced. The lists should include their real names so they are not lost to who they were. Jay do they have a good master list which shows the real names??
I knew Waterdog from Milwaukee WI. He was always so nice to me, and I worried about him. I lived 2 hours north so got there a couple times a month. He seemed to be in his best health then. Heard stories of him collapsing a vein in his leg after he had left the area. Have a nice pic with him when his team an my women's team won some Natl event. If I was techie I could try to post it. Hope this shows, Waterdog in the pink shirt, me in the royal blue.
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Donnie, aka Waterdog was orig out of Waterbury, CT. He started his life as a crack baby and, unfortunately, followed down that same path of drug abuse. According to a very well done story on his life, Donnie ended up being taken in by an owner of one of Chicago's well known rooms. Overall, a sad story about a mega talented guy.
Thanks for posting the picture.
What was Alley Oop's real name. He was in WI sometimes.
Bushwhacker was Gary Nolan. Funny story:nicknames
Figgured I would toss in a few to this old post,... from an old fart!Some were locals from Omaha & Dallas, others were more widely traveled.
"Omaha John" John Shuput, "The Hippie" Jimmy Reid, "Cash" Cronnin, "Cocaine Jack" aka "Snaggletooth" Jack Carrrey, "Surfer Rod" Rod Curry, "Bish" Dave Bishop, "Stew" Stewart Bishop, "Buffalo" Stan Wilson, "Slick"-don't remember his real name worked for my fathers roofing co. always had 2 beautiful black women with him everywhere he went., "Bushwhacker" - don't know his real name either, The 1st. time I ever heard of Keith McCready he was introduced as "L.A. Keith", "The Girraffe" Dave Yeager, "The Disco Plowboy" Ritchie Seager, "Mexican Joe", "Tracy Joe", Johnny Walker "Red" - no b.s. , "Fat David' - money ball banger only played 6 ball & u had to spot him 1/2the rack but he had a wad of cash falling out of every pocket of his overhauls he was willing to go off!!! , Junior "Slipstroke". Last & most certainly least of this list is "Stroke" , "South Omaha Stroke", "Rooster" were all predecesors to the time worn monicker I posses today...... yours truly,.....
"Billy Bones" Have a great day folks !
Gary was playing JR at tourney in Chicago, and bets were flying, but people got wind that the fix was in, JR was about to take a dump. Gary's folks get clued in and jump on the bets on JR, and Gary left the 9's in the jaws where JR would be ridiculous to miss. He shot the game winning shot, and without unscrewing his cue, grabbed his case and jacket and flew out of the room.
St Louie Louie. I feel sad that the stress got to him, just so many of us are all in on the game
Don Edwards
I remember the name Bob Ogborn,, was he a big guy, and did he sell cues? Or just have a really big cue case?? My memory sucks
He hung out at Executive Billiards in White Plains NY in the mid/late 90's?- In fact he slept in the Basement. i Gave him a ten 6 times iirc- He disappeared one day and next thing you know, the owner of EB's runs into him in VA where Dog had just won 17K. He calls me to tell me and i said well get my 60 from him and dont you know WD gave it to him and i got it a week later.
WD came back for a second residency at EB and he got free tens from me from then on out. He then went to Gil BlACK's' place in Danbury and then to NYC hanging at Chelsea and sleeping in doorways. One day while in the doorway he sees a guy come out of a bank with an envelope-Wearing a suit he went to put the envelope in his inside pocket but he missed and it dropped to the ground. The envelope had 3K in it which funded WD's final trip to Chicago, hanging at Chris's Billiards and sleeping in an abandoned car. It was probably the owner of Chris's that got him in a nursing home where he died peacefully shortly thereafter. All in all he was probably in Chicago 3-4 years.
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What is the name of your book?
AND,,,, was there ever any print on the 7/10/90 Coors Natl tourney in Vegas?
I was working on a pool scrapbook, and could not find anything on that. I played so much I don't remember a ton of stuff, like who I lost to even. Was trying to save my daughter dealing with hundreds of pool mags, and so clipping out my stuff to scrapbook. Just had nothing on what was one of the biggest pay outs for bar table pool.
I even wrote to Coors and they said they got nothing saved about that. weird.
funniest contemporary pro nicknames i've heard are:
rita chou - "big eyes"
duong quoc hoang - "the martian"
they don't hold back in asia. "the martian" isn't as literal i guess but if you see the guy it's fairly obvious
rita chou - "big eyes"
duong quoc hoang - "the martian"
they don't hold back in asia. "the martian" isn't as literal i guess but if you see the guy it's fairly obvious