Don Willis (May 1, 1909 – March 2, 1984) was a colorful pool hustler (known as the "Cincinnati Kid")[1][2][3] from Canton, Ohio, who was considered one of the greatest money players of all time.
Lassiter, who went on to become seven-time world champion, was perhaps America's best nine-ball player; together, the two men formed "arguably the most formidable road team in American history".
[This quote needs a citation] As Willis told the Evansville Courier & Press in 1977: "I broke Lassiter one night playing 9-ball in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
He also mastered a variety of other unusual skills on which he was known to gamble: for example, he could make as many as 42 wing shots in a row, beat anyone in a race running backwards, and juggle three pool balls along with the chalk.
Willis boasted that he had even won bets "on the proposition that I can't name in order the hundred and thirty largest cities in the U.S." He threw 48 of 50 ringers against the horse shoe champion.