Cliff thorburn biography
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Cliff Thorburn is the most successful professional snooker player to come out of Canada. He has dominated the sport nationally and internationally, winning 27 professional tournaments worldwide. His victories include thirteen Canadian and three Benson & Hedges Masters championships. He has also won the world mixed doubles and many invitational and open events. Thorburn has represented Canada in World Cup Team play since 1979. In 1980, he became the first Canadian and only non-British player to win the world snooker championships.
Thorburn began playing snooker when he was 16 in his hometown of Victoria. In 1971, at the age of 23, he won the North American snooker championships. He spent the next few years honing his skills on billiards tables across Canada and the United States. In 1973, he compiled a maximum break of 147—a perfect game—three times in eight days! The next year he won his first of thirteen Canadian titles.
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Cliff Thorburn
Bio
Cliff Thorburn became the first player from outside of the UK to win the World Snooker Championship during the sport’s modern era in 1980.
Having turned professional in 1973, the man affectionately known as “The Grinder” because of his style of play, quickly established himself as one of the game’s leading players, reaching first World Championship final in 1977, followed by the Masters a year later.
His big breakthrough was to come two years later however, as he defeated rival Alex Higgins 18-16 to become world champion at the Crucible Theatre. Notwithstanding this success, perhaps his career-defining moment would come in 1983, as he became the first player to compile a maximum 147 break at the Crucible Theatre (and only the second ever) during his second round match against Terry Griffiths.
Away from Sheffield, Thorburn is a three-time Masters champion, having claimed the crown in 1983, 1985 and 1986, while back in his native Canada he is also a six-tim
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Snooker’s roots date back to the 19th century, and ever since its inception it’s been an enjoyable pastime, an addictive hobby and an exciting idrott. The professional game has evolved over the decades into one of the most popular sports in the world, and has regularly provided some of the most gripping examples of sporting theatre that we’ve ever seen.
Canadian legend Cliff Thorburn has been involved in many of the truly memorable moments, including of course his unforgettable triumph at the World Championship in 1980. Known to fans all over the globe as The Grinder, an affectionate tribute to his patient determination to overcome opponents, Cliff has been wowing audiences and winning tournaments all over the globe for more than forty years.
His love of the game began in the back of a bowling alley in Canada, a love that led to him honing his skills and developing his talents in venues across North America. bygd then, with his reputation growing and his number of victor