by radyer | May 27, 2024 | 1940s Pool, Historic Players, Historical Notes, Wimpy Lassiter
Pool legend Wimpy Lassiter divided much of his World War II service on three Coast Guard cutters operating from Norfolk, Virginia. By then the Navy had subsumed the Coast Guard for the war effort and Lassiter’s cutters — designated CG 83511, CG 74307, CG 74306...
by Pool History Guest Contributor | May 25, 2024 | 1930s Pool, 1970s Pool, Historic Players, World Pool
Team Europe Champion Ralph Eckert explores German pool history and some of the nation’s forgotten champions. ________________________________________________ Special for POOLHISTORY.COM By Ralph Eckert EDITOR’S NOTE: In this article — the second of a...
by Pool History Guest Contributor | May 4, 2024 | 1910s Pool, Historic Players, World Pool
Team Europe Champion Ralph Eckert explores German pool history and some of the nation’s forgotten champions. ________________________________________________ Special for POOLHISTORY.COM By Ralph Eckert EDITOR’S NOTE: In this article — the first in a...
by Pool History Guest Contributor | Apr 13, 2024 | 1910s Pool, Calvin Demarest, Historic Players
In just six short years, the celebrated champion went from competitor to crazed inmate — and then he died in obscurity. ________________________________________________ By Sam Korte EDITOR’S NOTE: Sam Korte is the author of Greenleaf: Pool’s Greatest...
by Pool History Guest Contributor | Apr 2, 2024 | 1930s Pool, 1950s Pool, Eufaula Kid, Historic Players, Marshall Carpenter, Ralph Greenleaf
Womack already was a formidable One Pocket player when Greenleaf appeared in Eufaula in 1936. ________________________________________________ By Brandon Scott King Billiards Digest columnist George Fels once said that in the era of so-called “Rebel traps” tables...
by Pool History Guest Contributor | Nov 22, 2023 | 1920s Pool, Emmett Blankenship, Historic Players, Ralph Greenleaf, Tournaments
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)...
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