Cliff thorburn autobiography books

Canadian snooker player (born 1948)

Clifford Charles Devlin ThorburnCM (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player.

Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, defeating Alex Higgins 18–16 in the final.

This is an autobiography of Cliff Thorburn, a Canadian who won three Benson and Hedges Masters titles and snooker world championship in "Abandoned by.

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His instruction book, Cliff Thorburn's Snooker Skills, was published in by Hamlyn, and his autobiography.

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This is an autobiography of Cliff Thorburn, a Canadian who won three Benson and Hedges Masters titles and snooker world championship in

He is generally recognised as the sport's first world champion from outside the United Kingdom—since Australian Horace Lindrum's 1952 title is usually disregarded—and he remains the only world champion from the Americas. He was runner-up in two other world championships, losing 21–25 to John Spencer in the 1977 final and 6–18 to Steve Davis in the 1983 final.

At the 1983 tournament, Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break in a World Championship match, achieving the feat in his second-round encounter with Terry Griffiths.

Ranked world number one during the 1981–82 season, Thorburn was the first non-British player to top the snooker world ranki