Don Willis
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Don Willis was a colorful pool hustler and billiards
player from Canton, Ohio
. At the time, cash prizes for pool tournaments did not pay enough for a full time income, so he traveled the country playing private pool games for money. Because Willis did not play in tournaments his talent was never widely recognized beyond a close circle of friends and family.
In addition to pool, Willis played the game of ping pong so well he could win games playing with a bottle as a paddle.
Billiards
Cue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...
player from Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. At the time, cash prizes for pool tournaments did not pay enough for a full time income, so he traveled the country playing private pool games for money. Because Willis did not play in tournaments his talent was never widely recognized beyond a close circle of friends and family.
In addition to pool, Willis played the game of ping pong so well he could win games playing with a bottle as a paddle.