Eddie Charlton
Francis Edward " Eddie" Charlton AM ( born October 31, 1929 † 7 November 2004) is a former Australian snooker and English billiard - player.
Career
Charlton 1963 Billiards pro, winning in 1964-1985 a total of 20 Australian Championships.
In 1968 he was John Pulman challenge for the title of world snooker champion, but lost with 38:34. After the tournament in the aftermath again in tournament form - instead of challenge duels - was discharged, he was able to advance to the finals twice, losing both in 1973 and 1975 against Ray Reardon from Wales. Even after 1977, when the snooker World Championship with Sheffield got a fixed venue and became more popular, he was a regular participant and reached 1978, 1979 and 1982 respectively the semi-finals. In his last appearance in 1992 he suffered at all in his 12:10 defeat against John Parrott, the first and only to - zero loss at a snooker World Cup.
A total of three times in his career - 1972, 1973, 1980 - he won the Pot Black Cup, which was one of the most prestigious tournaments of his time because of the television broadcast by the BBC. In 1976 he also won in his native Australia, the Professional Match Play Championship. From 1976 to 1981 he was placed at number three at the time was imported Snooker world rankings.
Also in the discipline of English billiards reach him three Finaleinzüge at the World Championships. 1974 and 1976 he was defeated in each case the Englishman Rex Williams and 1984 with the narrowest of margins 1045:1012 points Mark Wildman.
Tournament Win (selection)
- Pot Black Cup - 1972, 1973, 1980
- Professional Match Play Championship - 1976
- Australian Professional Championship ( snooker) - 1964, 1966-1967, 1969-1978, 1984
Honors
- Torchbearers of the Olympic torch before the Olympic Summer Games 1956.
- Awarding of the title " Member of the Order of Australia " (AM) in 1980.
Private life
Charlton was married twice and had five children: Edward, Annette and Michael with his first wife, Gloria, as well as Andrew and Peter with his second wife Robyn. He died in 2004 in New Zealand from complications after surgery at the age of 75 years.