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This is a list of notable amateur and professional snooker players, past and present. Players currently on the World Snooker Tour are shown in bold text with a following †. A
This is a list of professional snooker players ordered by the number of "ranking titles" they have won. A ranking title is a tournament that counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in the 1976–77 season, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships.
Eurosport broadcasts snooker for the first time. [27] The channel goes on to provide extensive coverage of the sport both in the UK and across Europe. 2004. No events. 2005. 8 January – Premier League Snooker is relaunched with Sky Sports being the broadcaster of the event, which takes place over a four-month period.
List of snooker players, a list of professional players from all eras; List of world snooker champions; List of snooker players by number of ranking titles; List of snooker world number ones; List of snooker players with over 100 century breaks
Jonathan Birch (snooker player) Antony Bolsover; Nigel Bond; Emma Bonney; Malcolm Bradley; Karl Broughton; Albert Brown (snooker player) Alec Brown (snooker player) Oliver Brown (snooker player) Wayne Brown (snooker player) Ian Burns (snooker player) Karl Burrows; Craig Butler (snooker player)
This first edition featured eight players: Gary Owen, Jackie Rea, John Pulman, Ray Reardon, Fred Davis, Rex Williams, Kingsley Kennerley and John Spencer, the eventual winner being Reardon. [5] The programme continued until 1986, by which time an increasing number of snooker events were being televised and the Pot Black format was becoming ...
Spencer took on professional status in February 1967, becoming the first UK player to do so since Rex Williams in 1951. [9] Spencer was encouraged to turn professional because of the income he could expect to earn from performing regular exhibition matches for the National Spastics Society at £14 a time (equivalent to £321 in 2023), and at Pontins holiday camps during the summer season for a ...
The good attendances for the championship match led to John Player deciding to sponsor the 1969 World Snooker Championship as a knock-out format tournament, [11] using their "Players No. 6" brand. [12] The 1969 championship is regarded as the first of the modern snooker era, and was won by John Spencer, who defeated Gary Owen 37–24 in the final.