wincardona
Verified Member
-2013, 11:29 AM
I would like to recant the above statement on my opinion of the worlds 5 greatest bankers. After carefully re-evaluating this topic. I owe John Brumback an apology for placing him in the so called "log jam" with Fargo and Spaeth. Not to discredit Fargo and Spaeth which they are clearly among the worlds greatest of all time, however, after scrutinizing the worlds elite bank pool players I have to place Brumback along side Taylor and "Bugs"
Bank Pool Hall of Fame
* Donny 'The Cincinnati Kid' Anderson *
* Freddy 'The Beard' Bentivegna *
* John Brumback *
* Billy 'Cornbread Red' Burge *
* John 'Cannonball' Chapman *
* Vernon Elliott *
* Tony 'Fargo' Ferguson *
* Truman Hogue *
* Glenn 'Piggy Banks' Rogers *
* Leonard 'Bugs' Rucker *
* Gary Spaeth *
* Eddie 'The Knoxville Bear' Taylor *
* Nick Varner *
* Javanley 'Youngblood' Washington *
* Shannon 'The Cannon' Daulton
Based off of tournament wins you would have to put Brumback 'first', however, back in the day there were very few bank pool tournaments as opposed to today, and over the last 15 or so years. However, the glaring fact is that he (Brumback) does have the best tournament ranking in the history of bank pool, in terms of tournament wins, which certainly can't be ignored. The above players in the color green are among the players that Brumback has competed with to amass his record. The champions that are not colored above are before Brumbacks time, and should not be considered when talking about 'best tournament record' because there were many fewer tournaments when they reigned.
Also Imo there are bank pool players today that play well enough to one day be inducted into the "Bank Pool Hall Of Fame' which Brumback has competed with and beaten.
I apologize to Brumback for my "rush to judgment" and look forward to watching him play in future bank pool tournaments, where he can possibly be recognized one day as ...the best ever.
Dr. Bill
wincardona
Verified Member
Bugs was the best banker that I ever seen play, never watched Taylor play, just heard great things about his banking skills from the worlds greatest players.
If I had to rank the worlds top 5 greatest bank pool players it would be Taylor (from stories heard) Bugs...then there would be a log jam with Brumback..Fargo...and Spaeth. Just my opinion. Maybe i'm partial to players from my era, maybe, however, they are all great champions.
Dr. Bill
I would like to recant the above statement on my opinion of the worlds 5 greatest bankers. After carefully re-evaluating this topic. I owe John Brumback an apology for placing him in the so called "log jam" with Fargo and Spaeth. Not to discredit Fargo and Spaeth which they are clearly among the worlds greatest of all time, however, after scrutinizing the worlds elite bank pool players I have to place Brumback along side Taylor and "Bugs"
Bank Pool Hall of Fame
* Donny 'The Cincinnati Kid' Anderson *
* Freddy 'The Beard' Bentivegna *
* John Brumback *
* Billy 'Cornbread Red' Burge *
* John 'Cannonball' Chapman *
* Vernon Elliott *
* Tony 'Fargo' Ferguson *
* Truman Hogue *
* Glenn 'Piggy Banks' Rogers *
* Leonard 'Bugs' Rucker *
* Gary Spaeth *
* Eddie 'The Knoxville Bear' Taylor *
* Nick Varner *
* Javanley 'Youngblood' Washington *
* Shannon 'The Cannon' Daulton
Based off of tournament wins you would have to put Brumback 'first', however, back in the day there were very few bank pool tournaments as opposed to today, and over the last 15 or so years. However, the glaring fact is that he (Brumback) does have the best tournament ranking in the history of bank pool, in terms of tournament wins, which certainly can't be ignored. The above players in the color green are among the players that Brumback has competed with to amass his record. The champions that are not colored above are before Brumbacks time, and should not be considered when talking about 'best tournament record' because there were many fewer tournaments when they reigned.
Also Imo there are bank pool players today that play well enough to one day be inducted into the "Bank Pool Hall Of Fame' which Brumback has competed with and beaten.
I apologize to Brumback for my "rush to judgment" and look forward to watching him play in future bank pool tournaments, where he can possibly be recognized one day as ...the best ever.
Dr. Bill
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