Lindrum was an absolute master of the game. So much to learn from his play! Thank you for posting.

This was so great. You can really see the difference in sharpness between the play here and the other youtube post in 1957. This is Lindrum at the height of his remarkable powers. Thanks so much (for ten years, i taught a calculus course. In exams, all the "constant" terms were my tribute, 4137. Funny thing, not one students i ever spotted the recurrence of this number, or asked its meaning)

Nice and quick, A Master of Physics 👍

Just Wonderful Poetry in Motion, Walter Lindrum's game Is.

The reason TV companies ignored billiards

Thanks for posting he was the best

The greatest player of all time. I have his book at home and its awesome. Imagine the snooker records he would set if he was alivw today and decided to join the circuit. Hendry, Davis, O'Sullivan, Trump, Higgins, Williams and Selby et al wouldn't get a look in.

@jaroslavcech225

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't Lindrum an English billiards player? - you know - the completely different game to snooker. I never understand these kinds of claims, I mean with all respect, what are you basing this claim on? Obviously you can never match them against each other so how would you know? But it sounds really nice.

@peterprescott3419

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaroslavcech225 Ha ha. You do have a point - no they can't have a play off and I do like them all. Both games though are played on the same table using the same diameter balls and the same cues. In Lindrum's day snooker was regarded as the inferior game and English Billiards as the true test of cuemanship. Lindrum was world champion for 36 years consecutive and retired unbeaten to travel the world giving demos until he died in his sixties. There are still old films available of him making hundreds in various methods and of course he has made breaks in the thousands that have never been matched or excelled. His positional play, masse shots and delicate touch have never been matched. He was a freak of the baise like never seen before or since.

@jaroslavcech225

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterprescott3419 he has made breaks in the thousands? Just to make sure I get it right, as I am not a native speaker, are you speaking about snooker or English billiards now? He made thousands of points in a single game? Holy smokes that would be cool to watch, any chance of a link, Sir?

@peterprescott3419

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaroslavcech225 I have alink copied and will try to post it here . Maximum at snooker is 147 - but pure billiards is unlimited. The games rules were altered many times to try and limit Wlater Lindrum - but he just carried on regardless. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oHaYtM-Pete6gMY.html

@peterprescott3419

2 жыл бұрын

oops sorry sir - the link I put up was basically the same as the one that stated this conversation.. Anyway - his world record break confirmed and ratified was 4000 plus. Of course he also set many other records like most consecutive cannons etc etc.

The greatest cueman of all time

That was just majestic.

Some people wouldn’t class this a spectator sport, i think this is an absolute genius at work, even more incredible when you consider he is right handed and had to learn to play left handed after an accident, Ronnie who?

@adrianwright8685

Жыл бұрын

He does play right handed at 3:30 - 2 shots in succession

please post more

the greatest ayyhh

I guess all the "nurse shots" are now considered illegal (all the consecutive cannons with balls very close), but nonetheless a great display of talent.

@gerv55

9 жыл бұрын

Think you;re allowed 15 cannons or 15 pots in a row before you have to do something different,

Ok, so a 1000 break is easy, just make one 100 break, then make 9 more, got it. N

he was my uncle!

@Lindrum

3 жыл бұрын

You should contact Tammy Lindrum on facebook.

@jondotdot

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lindrum to be more accurate... he was married to my auntie Sue and he was my Godfather.

@Lindrum

3 жыл бұрын

@@jondotdot Walter was married three times, first wife was Rosie, then Pat, then Beryl Elaine who died 5 years after Walter.

@ 5:37 re-spotting the red at centre?? I've never heard of that before.

@gerv55

9 жыл бұрын

Standard in billiards, 2 reds off the spot and after the second pot it goes to the middle spot, then after it gets potted there back to the black spot. Basically a way of making it harder to just keep potting around the black spot.

@steviemax147 NOT REALLY?!

@steviemax147 Lindrum died in 1960. So there goes your reincarnation theory. But interesting observations you make nonetheless.

no that is still the highest break

WHAT... THE... FUCK ??

lol....do you not know your billiards history? no billiards player has ever been as good as Lindrum

Butchered it on 89 then the cut the film.. white ball in different spot just off cushion.. clown

@oldbloke135

8 ай бұрын

ROFL! That "clown" was the best billiards player the world has ever seen, or ever will see. He was that good they had to change the rules of the game several times to stop him being on the table for hours without the opponent having a shot!

Unfortunately for the future billiard players and fortunate that there is a young version of a walter lindrum emerging in australia again...... He is 4 foot nothing and he is already making 200-400 breaks plus....... Hmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry every1 but this is true. Look out for him in about 6 years time. the world of billiards will change!!

@classicoblivion5435

6 жыл бұрын

TheQMastr where’s this billiards genius then mate?