Because a sport without history is a sport without consequence.
1916 World Champion Emmett Blankenship: One of America’s Early Straight Pool Greats
1916, Emmett Blankenship won the world straight pool title on his first try, surviving a marathon round-robin. And he took the world title in convincing fashion, averaging 4.719 balls per inning — nearly double the numbers put up by the rest of the field.
1916 World Champion Emmett Blankenship: One of America’s Early Straight Pool Greats
Emmett Blankenship won the World Title on his first attempt in 1916. ________________________________________________ EDITOR'S NOTE: In this article, adapted from content from an upcoming book, guest contributor Brandon Scott King (also known as Rabbi Hippie) writes...
Welcome to PoolHistory.com
Historic matches. Famous pool players. Dates and stats. Find all that and more at poolhistory.com, the pool and billiards history website curated by R.A. Dyer. Click through for articles about world champions Willie Mosconi and Ralph Greenleaf, or read details about big-time matchups with Minnesota Fats and Jersey Red. Dyer, author of the critically-acclaimed books Hustler Days and The Hustler and the Champ, has spent the last three decades writing about pool and pool history. He’s also the author of the long-running Untold Stories column in Billiards Digest.
The Roots of One-Pocket: An Amateur Sleuth Reports
Prompted by a question on this website, a sleuth makes a discovery about one-pocket.
The Final, Dramatic Days of The Johnston City All-Around
Why still care about the Johnston City tournaments? How about because they transformed pool.
The Early Life of Legendary Promoter George Jansco
Before he promoted tournaments, George Jansco was a bookie, gambler and baseball player.
Keith McReady, Tom Cruise, Jay Helfert and The Color of Money
Jay Helfert, author of Pool Wars, recounts his first-hand memories of The Color of Money.
Running Hundreds: Mosconi, Shaw, Schmidt & Cranfield
Mosconi, Schmidt & Shaw each locked down 500-plus ball-running records. But what of Cranfield?
Ko Pin Yi wins 2023 World Pool Masters; Kaci Second
The Taiwanese player also vanquished Jayson Shaw, 9-1, and Shane Van Boening, 11-7.
