Plenty of good players taught Don how to play pool and he became very proficient at playing the game.ĭon joined the Air Force, at the age of 18, during the Vietnam era. When finished he would pick up a pool cue and hit balls around the table.
In the afternoon, after grammar school, Don’s job in the pool room was to brush and clean all of the pool Golden West Billiards, an American company, was founded in 1964 by CEO Donald Brostoski.ĭon’s father owned a pool room in Santa Ana California and Don grew up loving pool.