We actually have one known as "Dump". Meet my friend Dump. The looks are priceless.
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It's a holdover from the old days when brunswick ran pro pool. Every single player got an official nickname.
Yep....that's the word...'forced'
Over the years, some acquired nick names and some didn't.
Harold Worst was always Harold Worst, to most of us.
But Cornbread Red was a constant also.
Somewhere between the Hustler and the Color of Money, many started clamoring for their
own nick name to establish a bogus stake in the hierarchy of pool players....
....and some were forced on them by promoters and writers.
Kinda difuses the 'sorta glamor' and turns bold colors into pastels.
I was known as Caradine in a bunch of action spots for a while in the 70s....
...I kinda liked that one...and it was necessary 'cause I told no one my name.
Unfortunately. the moniker was for the way I dressed, not the way I fought....![]()
Its traditional.
Thru the years I have known
one poke
Richie from the Bronx
the ern
mouse
guitar bobby
choo choo Larry
mental mike
Neptune Joe
one eyed mike
dog biscuit
atm
bugs bunny
chicken neck
Phil the fin
uncle mike
And a bunch of others that I have forgotten.
and most were characters.
I would love to know how "Neptune" Joe Frady got his name.
Some really stick. It would be hard to fine a reference to Andrew Ponzi by his real name.It's a holdover from the old days when brunswick ran pro pool. Every single player got an official nickname. Mosconi was Free willie (not joking) when he played in his first world championship. As part of the press materials they would supply the player list and next to each one was a nickname. I believe charles ursetti had one of the lists on his site but his site is gone now.
Who was "No Penny Benny" ....? What a nickname.![]()
Andrew D'alisandro would be a little tough for the papers to spell.Some really stick. It would be hard to fine a reference to Andrew Ponzi by his real name.
Actually, I find the opposite to be true. They try to attach nicknames to just about every rookie immediately. Sixers first round pick this year, exhibit A.In other sports you have to earn a nickname; only the very top players get them. Can you imagine every member of your favorite baseball team (football, etc) having a nickname? It would become a joke.
He is from Neptune N.J. Which is right next to Asbury Park at the Jersey shore.
I've known Joe since he was about 12 years old. that would have been around 1963 or so.
I can't believe charles ursetti's (charlesursitti.com) web site is just gone wow that sucks. because of the way he built the original site you cant really even see the stuff on the way back machine. Anyway I found this related list of nicknames... http://www.onepocket.org/Nicknames.htm