They missed this one.... the Knoxville Bear/Eddie Taylor....
The Greatest Billiard Players of All Time You Need to Know
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I really wish that Harold Worst would of lived on.....
He would of beaten Efren
I'm not from pool culture. I did adopt it so to speak. Seen some pool but not all the pool. Fine with me though. I don't have the brain damage (pronounced ex pee ree enns) to confine my thoughts on the subject. Those names - and they are just names to me, do stir the imagination though. You gotta make what you can of it.
Talking to Taylor at the BCA trade show in the early 2000's was a special moment in time for me.
Humble man with a great smile, as I listen to em talk about his 37 banks in a row.
Had a great smile, was a good spirit and 100% himself.
It's neat to meet a person, who just kept at something he enjoyed getting better as time went on.
I can just see him playing straight pool in the Mosconi 14.1 era, playing shape for a cross side bank, coming 2 rails to the bottom of the stack to open em up.
Humble man with a great smile, as I listen to em talk about his 37 banks in a row.
Had a great smile, was a good spirit and 100% himself.
It's neat to meet a person, who just kept at something he enjoyed getting better as time went on.
I can just see him playing straight pool in the Mosconi 14.1 era, playing shape for a cross side bank, coming 2 rails to the bottom of the stack to open em up.
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I had a similar experience, I was at Boston Shorty's HOF ceremony and afterwards hung out with Eddie and Shorty at the casino, he drank non stop Jack Daniels and told story's for hours, often complimenting many of the great players. A memorable night for sure.
I would have loved to have spent time with/witnessed Eddie Taylor. Probably the best bank pool player who ever lived.
What was sad, the public never got to meet em.... it was a Trade Show. I was there because I worked in office at the time.
I saw Eddie Taylor at Joe Burns place a long time ago,He was passed his prime but a big drawing card for the tourney>I guess Joe new them all,He was a character.
I've always felt like I should have been born a decade or two earlier. The characters I would have loved to have seen.
I met the personable Eddie Taylor but never saw him play. His 37 will be hard to top, but it's possible. I once saw Jonny Ervolino run 24 at bank pool and it was hard to believe.
I thought the more bizarre omission from the list was Sigel, the only player who likely qualifies as top five ever at both straight pool and nine ball.
I thought the more bizarre omission from the list was Sigel, the only player who likely qualifies as top five ever at both straight pool and nine ball.
The article was another one of the type discussed before: sort of about pool but really intended to get clicks on the on-line gambling link. I think a previous one was "ten steps to being a champion pool player," or some such. I only see them if they are pointed out here.
Worst would have been in his mid 50s by the time Efren got here.
Keith thompson
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It takes Heart to win!
I suppose but which came first - the shooter or the bravery?
Keith thompson
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Point taken, a little bit of both.
I do think the heart part is in the bet though.
It used to come down to, am I gonna eat or not tonight.
Awareness in this situation is Quite different.
Trevino said it best.
Comparing winning a Golf tournament to....this.
There's more pressure playing for ten dollars, when you don't have any money in your pocket.
Awareness in this situation is Quite different.
Trevino said it best.
Comparing winning a Golf tournament to....this.
There's more pressure playing for ten dollars, when you don't have any money in your pocket.