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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Okay, I blew it. Most here probably too young to remember Gleason...
One funny aside posted on a pool site. Seems Gleason met Willie Mosconi through NY restaurant owner Toots Shore. Gleason was a hell of a skilled amateur player, loved playing for cash. Shore introduced Mosconi as a rich clothier who also liked to play for cash. Didn't take long for hustler Gleason to figure out he'd been hustled. He and Mosconi, arguably the greatest pool player who ever lived, were friends for life.
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