Ross Keith Thompson
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I was their in Ronnies time of being the dominate One Holer in his era. I feel he was in his prime when we played in the all around in 1970.
All facets of his game was a 10, his break was the best I've seen, his front end game was a 10, his banking ability was a 10, he had massive run out ability, his end game was a 10.
For at least 6 or 7 years he was without doubt the best one holer on earth, this spanned from about 1967 thru maybe mid 1970's.
I don't believe anybody played him even one pocket in those years. He was truly a load.
I believe he would have fared very well against anybody to date, he was that good and he loved the game, that was his secret and he wanted to be the best at it.
Thru the sixties until about 1972 Luther Wimpy Lassiter was the dominate nine ball and 14 and 1 player in the world, all other players took a back seat to these two in their prime.
I don't know much about the players after the early seventies, I didn't keep up with game. It was too depressing for me, LOL.
Most players that reach top tier or a dominate level of play don't last but a few years or so, but every five or ten years one rises to the top like a Buddy Hall or Efren Reyes.
Personaly I would have stepped to the plate and played someone like Ronnie if I got 9 to 8 or I would have played Rempe or Florence if they were packing a wad.
To me it was worth a shot to play Tall Jeff with the last 2 if he was packing 4 or 5k back in the day, lol, I would have shot 500 at him back in the day.
Back to Ronnie, he was a strong 9 ball player back in the day and played solid 14 and 1. But everybody was a strong nine ball players it seems.
I don't believe Ronnie ever won a All around Title but he surely deserved one for he was an astonishing player to say the least and demanded attention in the spotlight.
Even though he could be a jerk sometimes I still consider him my friend and he was a tough act to follow on a pool table!
Best one holer I've ever known!
All facets of his game was a 10, his break was the best I've seen, his front end game was a 10, his banking ability was a 10, he had massive run out ability, his end game was a 10.
For at least 6 or 7 years he was without doubt the best one holer on earth, this spanned from about 1967 thru maybe mid 1970's.
I don't believe anybody played him even one pocket in those years. He was truly a load.
I believe he would have fared very well against anybody to date, he was that good and he loved the game, that was his secret and he wanted to be the best at it.
Thru the sixties until about 1972 Luther Wimpy Lassiter was the dominate nine ball and 14 and 1 player in the world, all other players took a back seat to these two in their prime.
I don't know much about the players after the early seventies, I didn't keep up with game. It was too depressing for me, LOL.
Most players that reach top tier or a dominate level of play don't last but a few years or so, but every five or ten years one rises to the top like a Buddy Hall or Efren Reyes.
Personaly I would have stepped to the plate and played someone like Ronnie if I got 9 to 8 or I would have played Rempe or Florence if they were packing a wad.
To me it was worth a shot to play Tall Jeff with the last 2 if he was packing 4 or 5k back in the day, lol, I would have shot 500 at him back in the day.
Back to Ronnie, he was a strong 9 ball player back in the day and played solid 14 and 1. But everybody was a strong nine ball players it seems.
I don't believe Ronnie ever won a All around Title but he surely deserved one for he was an astonishing player to say the least and demanded attention in the spotlight.
Even though he could be a jerk sometimes I still consider him my friend and he was a tough act to follow on a pool table!
Best one holer I've ever known!