Double Milled Points Cornbread Red – Jerry Franklin Southwest cue
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Billy Joe “Cornbread Red” Burge (1931–2004) was a legendary American pool player and high-stakes hustler revered as one of the most colorful characters in billiards history.
Career & Legacy
- Specialty: He was an expert One-Pocket and Bank Pool player.
- Hall of Fame: Inducted into the One-Pocket Hall of Fame (2004) and Bank Pool Hall of Fame (2005).
- Home Base: He spent years playing at The Rack near Detroit, a mecca for high-stakes road players.
- Era: A core fixture of the 1950s–1970s hustling boom, competing against legends like Minnesota Fats at the Johnston City tournaments.
Persona
- Style: Known as a loud, fiery, and completely fearless gambler who turned matches into entertainment spectacles.
- Humor: Infused his matches with comedy and loud trash-talk.
- Media: His wild life on the road is detailed in the biographical novel Cornbread Red: Pool’s Greatest Money Player by Bob Henning.