The greatest cueists ever!

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Cameron Smith

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Ok so it's late, and I'm bored so I've compiled video's of the greatest cueists of all time, or at least what I could find.


Ralf Greenleaf - it's not a good clip, doesn't really show him playing but it's the best I could find

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqMUqyH1gY4

Willie Hoppe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc4iaJWu8Ak

Willie Mosconi

http://www.vimeo.com/4957545

Raymond Ceulemans - he starts playing at 1:40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQzv2eHtnw

Irving Crane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlxOU6a0dwM&feature=related

Joe Davis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ2wlxQHbVg

Walter Lindrum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOfg8o4gHrs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZsj4BZ8BWU

Wimpy Lassiter - Thanks Fastlenny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqXx-SnZ36w

Harold Worst - he starts playing for a longer period of time at 13:42, p.s. thanks to the beard

http://johnstoncityvideosll.blogspot.com/2008/06/johnston-city-1965-harold-worst-and.html

Steve Davis - I think this is a better example of his play than his centuries or 147. He was just such a complete player, tough to get any chances from.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfDRE33HERc

Stephen Hendry - If Steve Davis could be described as a rapier sword, Hendry would be a bazooka. FWIW Jimmy White judged prime Davis to be on par with prime Hendry, just different styles of play.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5X_7nNXogQ

Clive Everton mentions Mark Williams has never been tuffed about the head. Not true, he was an amateur boxer when he was younger.

Ronnie O'Sullivan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaVpe7F3KKU

Torbjörn Blomdahl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILyCRWsqOcw

Efren Reyes

http://www.youtube.com/user/NellySiejo#p/u/21/KXPFkXU6Z4c

Steve Mizerak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGNqiYmuv50

Mike Sigel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5bvRhETn_s

Earl Strickland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzJCeodZJXQ

Buddy Hall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4fb_IX5OIo

Nick Varner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpILgjgUg8Q&feature=related

Allen Hopkins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq_tO_P4OSU&feature=related

Alex Higgins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDXjnwYH21E

Keith Mccready - love the trucker hat. He's so animated that if you didn't know any better you'd want to play him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BqC5MmKVNg

Tom Newman - English billiards player. He was part of a group that became so good that they almost killed the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzHXzlaxo0g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D9FKQ-T790&feature=related - one of my favorite clips (995!?!?!?! you have to be f'n kidding me)

Willie Smith - He was the number one English Billiards player until Walter Lindrum came on the scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRizgEjuxJI&feature=related

John Higgins - Considered the 3rd or 4th greatest snooker player ever (depending on where they want to put Steve Davis or Ronnie in the ranking)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41yijuXOWnw&feature=related

Ray Reardon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnMiJhhnnAQ

Ok that was fun. I think I'm a better player now after spending the last hour watching the best ever. Did I miss anyone?
 
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Great strokes

priceless!
But please add-
John Spencer - father of modern snooker-1rst brit who could draw his rock
Willie Thorne - nobody hits 'em cleaner
Alex Pagulayan - US Open win shows a pure stroke
Bill Werbeniuk - in his prime the best long draw player ever

this would be a treasure for me - can't do it myself
i'm so low tech i can't believe i'm posting this
 
Maybe its just because they are a million times better than me, but I think you also need to add a few ladies to that list.I'll start with Robin since she just entered the HOF. there are definetly some others Greda, jeanette, Allison ect.ect.
 
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Sadly I can't find any good video's of John Spencer. There used to be a match between him and Alex Higgins in the 70's, but it was removed earlier in the year. But that reminds me I omitted Alex.

I was able to find Hopkins running 13 balls, which will have to do.

As for some others, they are a little too new or unproven imo.

It would be cool to make a list of future greats. At which point Alex Pagualyan, Mika Immonen and Shane Van Boening could be added.
 
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Great Post!

Thanks for assembling those videos, great stuff. It is interesting to see that the older players all have much shorter bridges and hold the cue much closer to the balance point than the modern guys.

Rep to you-
 
Terry Ardeno said:
T.S.,
I think McCready was the best ever on a 7fter.

Cameron,
Thanks for takling the time to put all that together!
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It's a tie, Keith and Dave are good friends.....Keith has the edge on the BB with a regular ball, and Dave has the edge with the Big Rock. But Dave has had a much longer career at the top of the heap than Keith or Buddy.

Nicknames don't get much stronger either...

Keith "earthquake" McCready
David "the giant killer" matlock
 

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Thanks for the reps and comments, I had fun putting it together. It wasn't that hard to find stuff, I'm such a pool history nerd that I've found all of it before so it was only a matter of remembering the search words.

A fun little excercise is to watch all of the players and see what they have in common. Outside of the fact that most of them are pretty smooth, they all seem to hold themselves a little differently than other players. They have a confident walk and demeanor around the table, as though they've already won and playing is merely a formality.

On a side note, anyone notice in the Willie Hoppe clip during the instructional portion they say "stroke with your shoulder not with your elbow", my how much we've learned.

For fun, they mention billiards in this News Reel Clip. Has brief footage of Welker Cochran.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5zp4SetBQk&feature=fvw

Also, I don't think this has been posted in a long time. Anyone reading the RA Dyer book about Mosconi and Fats? Hustler and Champ.

Willie Mosconi vs. Fats

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3109100860459966589#

P.S. added a couple of more clips to the top.
 
Siz said:
Cameron Smith said:
Sadly I can't find any good video's of John Spencer..../QUOTE]

Great job!

If John Spencer is in the running, then surely Ray Reardon must be. A little unauthodox in his cueing (due he says to breaking his arm as a child) but when he was in his prime, always gave the impression of really OWNING the table.

A (very) short clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLDtmdABBwM
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Quite right. He had amazing cue ball control. You had to try like blazes to keep yourself from thinking you couldn't do it all yourself.
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Thanks for the list, was enjoyable to watch. too bad their isnt any footage of James Evans, then it would be complete...
 
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