Truman Hogue has passed

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"Truman Hogue grew up in the heart of Bank Pool country, in Louisville, Kentucky. Born January 11, 1946, Truman grew up in Danville, Kentucky, about 30 miles outside of Lexington. He got his start playing pool at about eleven years old when his mom used to work at a restaurant that had pool tables in the back; he got to use the tables every morning before school." ~~ OnePocket.org

Truman was inducted into the One Pocket Hall of Fame in 2025. He was 79 years old at his passing. I don't have any more information at the time of this writing.

As a young man, time spent around players like Clyde Childress, One Eyed Tony and Donny Anderson helped elevate his Bank Pool skills. Before he settled down, Truman spent 8-10 years on the road, including extended stops in hot spots of action like Johnston City and Chicago.

Read more here: OnePocket.org
 
Truman Hogue's Bank Tournament November 2013 at the late Bank Shot Billiards, Louisville, Kentucky. Photo by AzB-er SchonJohn (John T.)

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Condolences to his widow and the Hogue family. Truman was one of the finest banks and 1 pocket players in his time. As JAM said, a former road player that loved the game, and he had game, and plenty of gamble. He was also a good family man that put his family first and put the game aside to fend for his family. May he RIP 🙏🏻
 
Sad news indeed. For many years, one of the joys of going to the Derby City Classic was catching up with Truman Hogue. He was a delightful, congenial man who always greeted me with warmth. I am honored to have known him.

Some may recall that Truman stepped up to the plate when Grady Matthews died, taking over the administration of the Derby City Bank Pool ring game, which is still going strong today and has become one of the fan favorites.

Condolences to his family and friends.
 
Sad to hear this news. I've known Truman forever. He was long considered one of the best Bank Pool players in the country. All you had to say was Truman and they knew who you were talking about. I loved watching him play, just got down and made those banks with no fanfare or celebrating. He let his cue do the talking!

Off the table he was a fun guy to be around, always positive and ready for a good laugh. I had many of them in our little confabs with Buddy and Wade Crane. They loved Truman too. They took turns making him (and me) laugh, and Truman would always have a comeback line waiting.

Thanks for all the good memories my friend! :cry:
 
Very sorry to hear about Truman passing away.

Here’s an anecdote about Truman giving life advice to a young man. During the last Derby City Classic before Covid, I found myself sitting in the seats with two rows at the head of the TV table. Truman was a couple of seats away. I think we were about to watch a semifinal or final match. Sitting in the row of seats directly around the TV table, and so right in front of the first row of our section, was a man of such gigantic size that his back completely obscured the view of the action for anyone sitting directly behind him. I mean, this guy was HUGE. ( Not a DCC regular.). There was an interval before the next match during which people got up and moved around, including Mister Obstruction. This left an apparently clear view from the seats in the first row of this section, but a gap one could only imagine would presently be filled in again with all too solid flesh. A young man, about twenty years old, appeared and eyed the two empty seats. He saw nothing that indicated that they were reserved, and he very cautiously sat down in one of them, thinking he had landed a prize seat. I couldn’t stand it, knowing that, in a few minutes, he would have a seat from which he could see absolutely nothing. So I got up and went to the young man and suggested that he would do better to leave that seat and come sit in the second row where there was an empty seat near me and Truman. For some reason, the lad listened to me and came back to the row where Truman and I were sitting. Of course, when Mister Obstruction reappeared and took his place, the recognition that his previous choice of a seat would have been disastrous must have swept over the youngster.

There were a few seconds of silence, and then Truman said in a voice that could be heard all around, “You see, son, when something looks too good to be true, it probably is!”
 
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Tobermory said:
Very sorry to hear about Truman passing away.

Here’s an anecdote about Truman giving life advice to a young man. During the last Derby City Classic before Covid, I found myself sitting in the seats with two rows at the head of the TV table. Truman was a couple of seats away. I think we were about to watch a semifinal or final match. Sitting in the row of seats directly around the TV table, and so right in front of the first row of our section, was a man of such gigantic size that his back completely obscured the view of the action for anyone sitting directly behind him. I mean, this guy was HUGE. ( Not a DCC regular.). There was an interval before the next match during which people got up and moved around, including Mister Obstruction. This left an apparently clear view from the seats in the first row of this section, but a gap one could only imagine would presently be filled in again with all too solid flesh. A young man, about twenty years old, appeared and eyed the two empty seats. He saw nothing that indicated that they were reserved, and he very cautiously sat down in one of them, thinking he had landed a prize seat. I couldn’t stand it, knowing that, in a few minutes, he would have a seat from which he could see absolutely nothing. So I got up and went to the young man and suggested that he would do better to leave that seat and come sit in the second row where there was an empty seat near me and Truman. For some reason, the lad listened to me and came back to the row where Truman and I were sitting. Of course, when Mister Obstruction reappeared and took his place, the recognition that his previous choice of a seat would have been disastrous must have swept over the youngster.

There were a few seconds of silence, and then Truman said in a voice that could be heard all around, “You see, son, when something looks too good to be true, it probably is!”
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Truman was never afraid to speak his mind, to ANYBODY!
 
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