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Titanic Thompson

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Alvin Clarence Thomas (November 30, 1893 – May 19, 1974) was an American gambler, golfer and hustler better known as Titanic Thompson. He was a major witness at the 1929 Arnold Rothstein murder trial in New York City. [1]

54 relations: Americans, Arkansas, Arnold Rothstein, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Cigar Aficionado, Confidence trick, Cue sports, Dallas, Damon Runyon, El Paso, Texas, Euless, Texas, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gambling, Golf, Golf Digest, Guys and Dolls, Handedness, Harvey Penick, Herbert Hoover, Herman Keiser, Horseshoes, Hustling, Jean Harlow, Joplin, Missouri, Ky Laffoon, Las Vegas, Lee Elder, Lee Trevino, Merlin, Missouri, Monett, Missouri, Myrna Loy, New York City, Ozarks, Paul Runyan, PGA Tour, Poker, Proposition bet, Raymond Floyd, RMS Titanic, Rogers, Arkansas, Rudolf Wanderone, Sam Snead, San Francisco, Sheriff, Sports Illustrated, St. Joseph, Missouri, St. Louis, Texas, ..., The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown, World Golf Hall of Fame, World Series of Poker, World War I. Expand index (4 more) »

Americans

Americans are citizens of the United States of America.

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Arkansas

Arkansas is a state in the southeastern region of the United States, home to over 3 million people as of 2017.

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Arnold Rothstein

Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 - November 6, 1928)Pietrusza, David.

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Ben Hogan

William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997) was an American professional golfer who is generally considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game.

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Byron Nelson

John Byron Nelson Jr. (February 4, 1912 – September 26, 2006) was an American professional golfer between 1935 and 1946, widely considered one of the greatest golfers of his generation, and widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time.

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Cigar Aficionado

Cigar Aficionado is an American magazine that is dedicated to the world of cigars.

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Confidence trick

A confidence trick (synonyms include con, confidence game, confidence scheme, ripoff, scam and stratagem) is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence, used in the classical sense of trust.

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Cue sports

Cue sports (sometimes written cuesports), also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick, which is used to strike billiard balls and thereby cause them to move around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by elastic bumpers known as.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Damon Runyon

Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American newspaperman and short-story writer.

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El Paso, Texas

El Paso (from Spanish, "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.

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Euless, Texas

Euless is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Dallas and Fort Worth.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Gambling

Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning money or material goods.

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Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

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Golf Digest

Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Condé Nast Publications in the United States.

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Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.

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Handedness

In human biology, handedness is a better, faster, or more precise performance or individual preference for use of a hand, known as the dominant hand; the less capable or less preferred hand is called the non-dominant hand.

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Harvey Penick

Harvey Morrison Penick (October 23, 1904 – April 2, 1995) was an American golf professional and coach, who coached many Hall of Fame players.

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Herbert Hoover

Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American engineer, businessman and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression.

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Herman Keiser

Herman W. Keiser (October 7, 1914 – December 24, 2003) was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour, best known for winning the Masters Tournament in 1946, his only major title.

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Horseshoes

Horseshoes is a lawn game played between two people (or two teams of two people) using four horseshoes and two throwing targets (stakes) set in a lawn or sandbox area.

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Hustling

Hustling is the deceptive act of disguising one's skill in a sport or game with the intent of luring someone of probably lesser skill into gambling (or gambling for higher than current stakes) with the hustler, as a form of both a confidence trick and match fixing.

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Jean Harlow

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Joplin, Missouri

Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Ky Laffoon

Ky Laffoon (December 23, 1908 – March 17, 1984) was an American professional golfer.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas (Spanish for "The Meadows"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.

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Lee Elder

Robert Lee Elder (born July 14, 1934) is a retired American professional golfer.

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Lee Trevino

Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is a retired American professional golfer who is regarded as one of the greatest players in professional golf history and the greatest Hispanic golfer of all time.

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Merlin

Merlin (Myrddin) is a legendary figure best known as the wizard featured in Arthurian legend and medieval Welsh poetry.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Monett, Missouri

Monett is a city in Monett Township in Barry County and Pierce Township in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States.

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Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy (born Myrna Adele Williams; August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Ozarks

The Ozarks, also referred to as the Ozark Mountains and Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

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Paul Runyan

Paul Scott Runyan (July 12, 1908 – March 17, 2002) was an American professional golfer.

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PGA Tour

The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of the main professional golf tours played primarily by men in the United States and North America.

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Poker

Poker is a family of card games that combines gambling, strategy, and skill.

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Proposition bet

In gambling, a "proposition bet" (prop bet, prop, novelty, or a side bet) is a bet made regarding the occurrence or non-occurrence during a game (usually a gambling game) of an event not directly affecting the game's final outcome.

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Raymond Floyd

Raymond Loran Floyd (born September 4, 1942) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour, including four majors and three senior majors.

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RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

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Rogers, Arkansas

Rogers is located in Northwest Arkansas, United States, one of the fastest growing metro areas in the country.

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Rudolf Wanderone

Rudolf Walter Wanderone Jr. (January 19, 1913 – January 15, 1996; originally spelled Wanderon) Includes three photos of his grave marker; provides birth and death dates, and legal surname spelling.

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Sam Snead

Samuel Jackson Snead (May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Sheriff

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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St. Joseph, Missouri

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St. Louis

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown

"The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" is a short story by Damon Runyon telling of the improbable — but eventually triumphant — love between an inveterate gambler (Sky Masterson) and a missionary girl (the Miss Sarah Brown of the title).

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World Golf Hall of Fame

The World Golf Hall of Fame is located at World Golf Village near St. Augustine, Florida, in the United States, and it is unusual among sports halls of fame in that a single site honors both men and women.

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World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment Corporation (known as Harrah's Entertainment until 2010).

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_Thompson

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