Thorburn, Clifford Charles Devlin

THORBURN, Clifford Charles Devlin, snooker player (b 16 Jan 1948, Victoria). He dropped out of school at age 16 to pursue a career playing pool and became one of the best players in the world. In 1971 he won the N American snooker championship and in 1980 the world championship. Consistently ranked among the top 3 globally, he has won almost every major title in the sport and in 1986 became the first person to win the world master's championship for a third time. His Canadian record of 26...

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