Fast Eddie

Posted by Bruce Kahl on May 18, 2005

In Reply to: Fast Eddie posted by Arthur on May 18, 2005

: : I have heard the expression "fast Eddie" and would like to know where it originated.

: "Fast Eddie" may come from the name of the accomplished pocket billiards player, Eddie Parker, memorialized in the movie "The Hustler." Presumably, he was named "fast" because he played at a quick pace and could win games of pool quickly.

Eddie Felson, not Parker, in the Hustler and in The Color of Money.

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