One of my very favorite topics on AZB is player comparisions. Lots of banter about which player could beat who, and what generation of players were the best.
I've put together a list of players that were born in each of the previous decades. I'll leave out all the players born in the 1800's becuase I suspect that many of our younger readers will not have even heard of these great cueists. But there were many AWSOME Champions, such as Ralph Greenleaf, Frank Taberski, Erwin Rudolph, Bennie Allen, Hubert Cokes, Charles Seaback, Alfredo DeOro, Albert Frey, Frank Sherman, Thomas Hueston, Jerome Keough, Grant Eby, Onofrio Laurie & on & on.
So, starting with the 1900's, here are some groups of players.
1900-1910
Jimmy Caras
Andrew Ponzi
Don Willis
Jimmy Moore
Andrew St Jean
Hayden Lingo
1911-1920
Luther Lassiter
Irving Crane
Willie Mosconi
Eddie Taylor
Johnny Lineen
Al Coslosky
Charles Cacciapaglia
Rudolph "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone
U'J. Pucket
Mike Eufemia
Joe Canton
John Fitzpatrick
Glenn Womack
George Rood
Arthur Cranfield
1921-1930
Joe Balsis
Bill Staton
Johnny Vives
Al Bonife
Marshall Carpenter
Larry Johnson
Harold Worst
Donnie Anderson
1931-1940
Ed Kelly
Cicero Murphy
Ray Martin
Danny DiLiberto
Frank McGown
Dick McMorran
Leonard Rucker
Johnny Ervolino
Willie Munson
Ralph Guest
Lou Butera
Marvin Henderson
Edgar White
Bob Vanover
Jack Colavita
Bill Stigall
Richie Ambrose
Freddie Bentivegna
Jack Breit
Billy Burge
Ronnie Allen
Melvin Brooks
Mike LeBron
1941-1950
Larry Lisciotti
Dallas West *
Grady Mathews
Billy Incardona
Nick Varner
Buddy Hall
Howard Vickery
Jim Rempe
Jose Parica
Jimmy Fusco
Pat Fleming
Pete Margo
Steve Mizerak
Pete Fusco
Jimmy Marino
Jimmy Mataya
Steve Cook
Dave Bollman
Benny Conway
Mike Carella
Clyde Childress
Louie Roberts
Wade Crane
Larry Hubbart
Dick Lane
Richie Florence
Jimmy Reid
Nick Mannino
Randy Lamar
Claude Bernatchez
Truman Hogue
Mike Massey
Marshall Boelter
1951-1960
Mike Sigel
Leonardo Andam
Allen Hopkins
Rudolpho Luat
Efren Reyes
Santos Sambajon
Takeshi Okumura
Bobby Hunter
Mark Wilson
Ismael Paez
Ronnie Wiseman
Danny Medina
Jose Garcia
Ernesto Dominguez
Jayme Goodwin
Paul Potier
Jeff Carter
Mark Beilfus
Denny Coulter
Gary Spaeth
Keith McCready
Kim Davenport
Roger Griffis
Greg Fix
Steve Davis
David Howard
Danny Barouty
Al Lapena
Dan Louie
James Walden
Mike Zuglan
Edgar Acaba
Dave Matlock
Edwin Montal
Alain Martal
Ike Runnels
Steve McAnnich
Scotty Townsend
1961-1970
Earl Strickland
Oliver Ortmann
Ralf Souquet
Thomas Engert
Fong Pang Chao
Johnny Archer
Francisco Bustamonte
Kunihiko Takahashi
Tommy Kennedy
Warren Kiamco
Antonio Lining
Troy Frank
Tom Storm
Kun Fang Lee
Rodney Morris
Luc Salvas
Chris Szuter
Charlie Bryant
Norbert Lang
Jimmy Wetch
C.J. Wiley
Tony Ellin
Reed Pierce
Ramil Gallego
Frankie Hernandez
Tony Robles
Pablo Matheu
Tony Drago
John Horsfall
Ray Schultz
Jimmy White
Dave Hemmah
Vincent Faquet
Rafael Hernandez
Chin Ching Kang
George Breedlove
Bobby Pickle
1971-1980
Shannon Daulton
Ching Shun Yang
Corey Deuel
John Schmidt
Thorsten Hohmann
Evgeny Stalev
Danny Hewitt
Shawn Putnum
Danny Harriman
Danny Basavich
Ronnie Alcano
Dennis Orcullo
Lee VanCorteza
Larry Nevel
Harold Stolka
Dennis Hatch
Eric Durbin
Mike Davis
Scott Frost
Alex Pagulayan
Michael Coltrain
Joey Korsiak
Marcus Chamet
Alex Lely
Min Wai Chin
Gerry Slivka
Masaki Tanaka
Jon Kucharo
Chris Orme
Mika Immonen
Jeremy Jones
George SanSouci
Fabio Petroni
Neils Feijen
Hui-Kai Hsia
Ryan McCreesh
Gabe Owen
Brandon Ashcraft
Teddy Garrahan
Johl Younger
Rico Dicks
Young Hwa Jeong
Radislaw Babicia
Andreas Roschikowski
Nick VanDen Berg
Steve Knight
Christian Reimering
Tang Hoa
Sandor Tot
Charlie Williams
Quinten Hann
Tyler Edey
Robb Saez
Roman Hybler
Corey Harper
Ricky Yang
Louis DeMarco
Pei-Wei Chang
Po-Chen Kuo
Marlon Manalo
Che-Wei Fu
Gandy Valle
Antonio Gabica
Hiroshi Takenaka
Satoshi Kawabata
Markus Juva
Joven Bustamonte
Daryl Peach
Chris Bartram
1981-1990
Shane VanBoening
Josh Brothers
Shawn Wilkie
Raj Hundal
Pink Yi Ko
Jeffrey DeLuna
Tony Chohan
Chia Ching Wu
Li He Wen
Jung Ling Chang
Naoyuki Oi
*Edited to spell "Dallas" West the right way. Thanks Smorg!
I've put together a list of players that were born in each of the previous decades. I'll leave out all the players born in the 1800's becuase I suspect that many of our younger readers will not have even heard of these great cueists. But there were many AWSOME Champions, such as Ralph Greenleaf, Frank Taberski, Erwin Rudolph, Bennie Allen, Hubert Cokes, Charles Seaback, Alfredo DeOro, Albert Frey, Frank Sherman, Thomas Hueston, Jerome Keough, Grant Eby, Onofrio Laurie & on & on.
So, starting with the 1900's, here are some groups of players.
1900-1910
Jimmy Caras
Andrew Ponzi
Don Willis
Jimmy Moore
Andrew St Jean
Hayden Lingo
1911-1920
Luther Lassiter
Irving Crane
Willie Mosconi
Eddie Taylor
Johnny Lineen
Al Coslosky
Charles Cacciapaglia
Rudolph "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone
U'J. Pucket
Mike Eufemia
Joe Canton
John Fitzpatrick
Glenn Womack
George Rood
Arthur Cranfield
1921-1930
Joe Balsis
Bill Staton
Johnny Vives
Al Bonife
Marshall Carpenter
Larry Johnson
Harold Worst
Donnie Anderson
1931-1940
Ed Kelly
Cicero Murphy
Ray Martin
Danny DiLiberto
Frank McGown
Dick McMorran
Leonard Rucker
Johnny Ervolino
Willie Munson
Ralph Guest
Lou Butera
Marvin Henderson
Edgar White
Bob Vanover
Jack Colavita
Bill Stigall
Richie Ambrose
Freddie Bentivegna
Jack Breit
Billy Burge
Ronnie Allen
Melvin Brooks
Mike LeBron
1941-1950
Larry Lisciotti
Dallas West *
Grady Mathews
Billy Incardona
Nick Varner
Buddy Hall
Howard Vickery
Jim Rempe
Jose Parica
Jimmy Fusco
Pat Fleming
Pete Margo
Steve Mizerak
Pete Fusco
Jimmy Marino
Jimmy Mataya
Steve Cook
Dave Bollman
Benny Conway
Mike Carella
Clyde Childress
Louie Roberts
Wade Crane
Larry Hubbart
Dick Lane
Richie Florence
Jimmy Reid
Nick Mannino
Randy Lamar
Claude Bernatchez
Truman Hogue
Mike Massey
Marshall Boelter
1951-1960
Mike Sigel
Leonardo Andam
Allen Hopkins
Rudolpho Luat
Efren Reyes
Santos Sambajon
Takeshi Okumura
Bobby Hunter
Mark Wilson
Ismael Paez
Ronnie Wiseman
Danny Medina
Jose Garcia
Ernesto Dominguez
Jayme Goodwin
Paul Potier
Jeff Carter
Mark Beilfus
Denny Coulter
Gary Spaeth
Keith McCready
Kim Davenport
Roger Griffis
Greg Fix
Steve Davis
David Howard
Danny Barouty
Al Lapena
Dan Louie
James Walden
Mike Zuglan
Edgar Acaba
Dave Matlock
Edwin Montal
Alain Martal
Ike Runnels
Steve McAnnich
Scotty Townsend
1961-1970
Earl Strickland
Oliver Ortmann
Ralf Souquet
Thomas Engert
Fong Pang Chao
Johnny Archer
Francisco Bustamonte
Kunihiko Takahashi
Tommy Kennedy
Warren Kiamco
Antonio Lining
Troy Frank
Tom Storm
Kun Fang Lee
Rodney Morris
Luc Salvas
Chris Szuter
Charlie Bryant
Norbert Lang
Jimmy Wetch
C.J. Wiley
Tony Ellin
Reed Pierce
Ramil Gallego
Frankie Hernandez
Tony Robles
Pablo Matheu
Tony Drago
John Horsfall
Ray Schultz
Jimmy White
Dave Hemmah
Vincent Faquet
Rafael Hernandez
Chin Ching Kang
George Breedlove
Bobby Pickle
1971-1980
Shannon Daulton
Ching Shun Yang
Corey Deuel
John Schmidt
Thorsten Hohmann
Evgeny Stalev
Danny Hewitt
Shawn Putnum
Danny Harriman
Danny Basavich
Ronnie Alcano
Dennis Orcullo
Lee VanCorteza
Larry Nevel
Harold Stolka
Dennis Hatch
Eric Durbin
Mike Davis
Scott Frost
Alex Pagulayan
Michael Coltrain
Joey Korsiak
Marcus Chamet
Alex Lely
Min Wai Chin
Gerry Slivka
Masaki Tanaka
Jon Kucharo
Chris Orme
Mika Immonen
Jeremy Jones
George SanSouci
Fabio Petroni
Neils Feijen
Hui-Kai Hsia
Ryan McCreesh
Gabe Owen
Brandon Ashcraft
Teddy Garrahan
Johl Younger
Rico Dicks
Young Hwa Jeong
Radislaw Babicia
Andreas Roschikowski
Nick VanDen Berg
Steve Knight
Christian Reimering
Tang Hoa
Sandor Tot
Charlie Williams
Quinten Hann
Tyler Edey
Robb Saez
Roman Hybler
Corey Harper
Ricky Yang
Louis DeMarco
Pei-Wei Chang
Po-Chen Kuo
Marlon Manalo
Che-Wei Fu
Gandy Valle
Antonio Gabica
Hiroshi Takenaka
Satoshi Kawabata
Markus Juva
Joven Bustamonte
Daryl Peach
Chris Bartram
1981-1990
Shane VanBoening
Josh Brothers
Shawn Wilkie
Raj Hundal
Pink Yi Ko
Jeffrey DeLuna
Tony Chohan
Chia Ching Wu
Li He Wen
Jung Ling Chang
Naoyuki Oi
*Edited to spell "Dallas" West the right way. Thanks Smorg!
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