LC control no. | n 2003100573 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Preston, Amarillo Slim |
Variant(s) | Preston, Thomas Austin, Jr. Amarillo Slim, 1928-2012 |
Birth date | 19281231 |
Death date | 20120429 |
Place of birth | Johnson (Ark.) |
Place of death | Amarillo (Tex.) |
Field of activity | Poker |
Profession or occupation | Poker player |
Found in | Preston, Amarillo Slim. Amarillo Slim in a world full of fat people, c2003: t.p. (Amarillo Slim Preston) galley ("On December 31, 1928, I was born Thomas Austin Preston, Jr., in Johnson, Arkansas") LC database, Apr. 22, 2003 (hdg.: Preston, Amarillo Slim; usage: Amarillo Slim Preston) Wikipedia, June 19, 2015 : article: Amarillo Slim (Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. (December 31, 1928, Johnson, Arkansas-April 29, 2012, Amarillo, Texas), known as Amarillo Slim, was an American professional gambler known for his poker skills and proposition bets. Preston won the 1972 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1992.) |