by Pool History Guest Contributor | Oct 24, 2020 | 1930s Pool, Historic Players, Ralph Greenleaf, Tom Fox
The story of Greenleaf’s Widow, the Princess Nai Tai Tai EDITORS NOTE: My friend Karen Fox, a long-time journalist and editor, recently came across an article she wrote more than 50 years ago about Amelia Parker, a woman known to pool history fans as the famous...
by radyer | Dec 5, 2019 | 1950s Pool, Jansco Brothers, Ralph Greenleaf, Tom Fox
The Bank Shot and Other Great Robberies, by Tom Fox. My long-time friend Karen Fox recently sent me this lovely photo, above, of Amelia Greenleaf, the then-widow of billiard champion Ralph Greenleaf, chatting with Karen’s late husband, Tom Fox. Greenleaf is...
by radyer | Feb 26, 2019 | 1800s Pool, 1910s Pool, 1920s Pool, 1930s Pool, Alfredo De Oro, Historic Players
De Oro is largely forgotten these days, probably because his spectacular career occurred before living memory and because his exploits were overshadowed by the very colorful Ralph Greenleaf, If you’ve been following along lately, you know we’ve had on-gain...
by radyer | Feb 2, 2019 | 1920s Pool, Ralph Greenleaf, Tournaments
In January, 1927, Erwin Rudolf met Ralph Greenleaf in New York City to determine the nation’s next pocket billiards champion. Greenleaf had held the title nearly uninterrupted for the previous eight years, having relinquished it only once (in 1925) to Frank Taberski....
by radyer | Jan 17, 2026 | Historic Players
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...
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