Ross Keith Thompson
Verified Member
Eddie (The Hat) Burton, what a player this guy was and a good I believe!
He was top tier at all games, played all games at world class, 9 ball, one hole, 14-1 etc.
He wasn’t the best at any one game but then it didn’t take long to call row either! He was right about top ten at every game he played especially good one hole, he came in 2nd in one hole in my last tournament in 1972 Vegas, Stardust tourney, I came in 3rd behind Eddie. I believe Eddie let Weenie Beenie win that division in the finals even though Weenie Beenie was the better one holer I believe.
His time in Houston I would BS with him at the bar in LeCue club occasionally and sat in on circles with him and all the other thieves like Rodney Stevens, Jersey Red, Tall Jeff etc.
He left Houston about the time my game was rising and we never played until after Johnston City when Eddie and Buddy Hall came out to Pasadena and tried to trap myself and my brother in early 1971. But that is another story I will tell.
I left Houston in 1970 and wound up at Popcorns place in Elmonte California. Popcorn took in all the broken down pool bums like myself, Cole Dickson, Eddie and anyone else on hard times, lol.
Eddie stayed at popcorns a few days or week and would bs with Cole and me sometimes. Throw Popcorn and Buttermilk in the conversions and we had a pretty good circle! Lol
I watched Eddie play Marino at marina billiards even 9-ball in 1970 and he got beat! I thought he was in over his head against Marino but he played extremely well and gave Marino a very tough match. I had Jimmy Fusco in a trap a few tables over and he was in with Burton playing Marino. So Marino and myself busted Burton and Fusco the same evening Bahahaha
Even though Burton lost to Marino he was one of the best all around players back in the day and was a good guy! He was one of us and a great player with good character!
Eddie let me use his cue some matches in Johnston City 1970, if I didn’t use his cue I may not have won anything in Johnston city!
I believe I used it in the 9 ball finals and my last match against Ronnie Allen in the Al-around. Finest cue I’ve ever held and it was Eddie and Boston Shorty in my corner in the final moments of the All-around, best memory!
Popcorn called him Mayonnaise Head cause he put mayonnaise on his bald head trying to grow hair Bahahaha
Plesse remember Eddie (The Hat) Burton!
He was and always will be A Giant!
he left us too soon,
I miss Eddie the hat Burton!
He should be in the Hall, there is a picture of him with Incardona on my Tall Jeff write up, someone post his picture and remember Eddie!
He was top tier at all games, played all games at world class, 9 ball, one hole, 14-1 etc.
He wasn’t the best at any one game but then it didn’t take long to call row either! He was right about top ten at every game he played especially good one hole, he came in 2nd in one hole in my last tournament in 1972 Vegas, Stardust tourney, I came in 3rd behind Eddie. I believe Eddie let Weenie Beenie win that division in the finals even though Weenie Beenie was the better one holer I believe.
His time in Houston I would BS with him at the bar in LeCue club occasionally and sat in on circles with him and all the other thieves like Rodney Stevens, Jersey Red, Tall Jeff etc.
He left Houston about the time my game was rising and we never played until after Johnston City when Eddie and Buddy Hall came out to Pasadena and tried to trap myself and my brother in early 1971. But that is another story I will tell.
I left Houston in 1970 and wound up at Popcorns place in Elmonte California. Popcorn took in all the broken down pool bums like myself, Cole Dickson, Eddie and anyone else on hard times, lol.
Eddie stayed at popcorns a few days or week and would bs with Cole and me sometimes. Throw Popcorn and Buttermilk in the conversions and we had a pretty good circle! Lol
I watched Eddie play Marino at marina billiards even 9-ball in 1970 and he got beat! I thought he was in over his head against Marino but he played extremely well and gave Marino a very tough match. I had Jimmy Fusco in a trap a few tables over and he was in with Burton playing Marino. So Marino and myself busted Burton and Fusco the same evening Bahahaha
Even though Burton lost to Marino he was one of the best all around players back in the day and was a good guy! He was one of us and a great player with good character!
Eddie let me use his cue some matches in Johnston City 1970, if I didn’t use his cue I may not have won anything in Johnston city!
I believe I used it in the 9 ball finals and my last match against Ronnie Allen in the Al-around. Finest cue I’ve ever held and it was Eddie and Boston Shorty in my corner in the final moments of the All-around, best memory!
Popcorn called him Mayonnaise Head cause he put mayonnaise on his bald head trying to grow hair Bahahaha
Plesse remember Eddie (The Hat) Burton!
He was and always will be A Giant!
he left us too soon,
I miss Eddie the hat Burton!
He should be in the Hall, there is a picture of him with Incardona on my Tall Jeff write up, someone post his picture and remember Eddie!