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In your opinion, which players have had an influence on the change of the game (modern or old)?...as far as style, , stroke, play, et cetera...
 
Jose Parica (sp?) basically influenced an entire country (including some bloke called E. Reyes) to take up the game.

That is one hell of a legacy!

Willie Mosconi as well, he showed how well the game could be played.
 
I am not only looking to see what players you feel were influential, but also how they influenced the game. What did they add that was not already there, or was not widely common to the sport?...:)
 
How about the jerk that invented the jump cue. Actually, I don't know who it is, but it sure changed the game.
 
If you are just talking about nine-ball, well you it has to be Efren his kicking,saftey play and postion has shown all players that the game can be taken to new heights!
 
Willie Hoppe played carom billiards so good that no one could compete with him. I mean no one could even come close. He was so far ahead of everyone else, they changed the game of carom to Balkline Billiards. What they did was to put lines on the table to section areas off as a balkline area. Only a designated number of points could be run in each balk line section. You have to be pretty damn good to force the game to be changed like that!!

I would say Willie Mosconi had a tremendous impact on the game. He's responsible for tables being 4 1/2 X 9 now instead of 5 X 10 the way they used to be. He also had the pockets enlarged, they used to be much tighter. Btw, he played pretty good too.
 
I'd like to mention one guy who doesnt get enough appreciation but what he has done has profound effect on Pool as we know it in America. And that is none other then Bill "Weenie Beenie" Staton. As an entrepeneur, stakehorse, gambler, statesman, and player there has been no other. When pool was dead in this country he kept it going on with his establishment the Jack and Jill cue. Putting money in the game and winning a lot of it in match play. Heart of a lion and true southern gentleman who gave pool a dignified identity rather than its low life backroom stereotype.
 
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