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Greatest Of All Time? You Decide! Take the Pool History Poll
Who was the greatest nine-ball player ever? The greatest one-pocket player? Greatest women’s player? Greatest action player. We’re polling our informed readers to get a gauge on who they believe was the greatest player ever in various disciplines. Submit your poll responses here. We’ll report the results later and send a free gift to one of the respondents, selected at random.
Strategic Thinking: How Fats Delivered a Quiet Thrashing
Some of the greatest strategic moves in getting pool action have been executed by oafs.
Billiards Digest editor Mike Panozzo Joins BCA Hall of Fame
The Billiards Digest editor was inducted in 2024 under the Meritorious Service category.
Cue Ball Kelly: Witness to the 20th Century’s Greatest Players
The colorful Carl “Cue Ball Kelly” Zingale stood witness to much of 20th Century pool history, including matches featuring legendary players Greenleaf, Mosconi, Lassiter, Mizerak and others. “Pool players are all nuts, and pool halls are like houses for crazy people,” he once observed. Read Sam Korte’s account of this legendary friend of pool.
The Amazing Life & Untimely Death of Pool Great Harold Worst
Harold Worst was one of few champions to excel at both three-cushion to pocket billiards.
Wimpy Lassiter’s World War II Coast Guard records
The pool hustler’s time of Coast Guard service was three years, 10 months and 7 days.
German Champions Erich Hagenlocher and Dieter Müller
Ralph Eckert, Team Europe captain at the Mosconi Cup, tells the story of two German pool champs.
Van Boening, Griffin, Panozzo Elected to BCA Hall of Fame
Van Boening, Mike Panozzo and the late Mark Griffin have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
The Club of Forgotten Champions: Germany’s Hugo Kerkau
Ralph Eckert, captain Mosconi Cup Team Europe, tells the story of German champ Hugo Kerkau.
From Caroms To Chaos: The Story of Calvin Demarest
Calvin Demarest’s descent from champion to asylum marks one of pool’s most shocking falls.
Oklahoma’s “Eufaula Kid” Challenged the Greats
Some considered The Eufaula Kid unbeatable on tight-pocketed Southern tables.
1916 World Champ Emmett Blankenship was Early Great
Blackenship won the title on his first try, a feat not even managed by Greenleaf or Mosconi.
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