Description: (American Pool Player)
Fast Eddie Parker was an American pool player who started playing at a young age and later went professional with the guidance of six-time world champion Bennie Allen. He earned a living through the game, with his largest win being $30,000 in the 1950s. Parker's abilities and renown sparked theories that he served as the inspiration for the character "Fast Eddie" Felson in The Hustler. Even though he retired in the early 1970s or 1980, Parker's legacy endures as a skilled pool player in the world of billiards.