John Pulman

John Pulman ( born July 29, 1923 in Devon, † 25 December 1998) was an English, professional snooker player.

Career

In 1946 he was English Amateur champion. In 1947, he then took part in the first World Cup. 1955 and 1956 he reached the final of the World Cup each ( at that time as World Matchplay called ), but lost narrowly to each Fred Davis. In 1957 he finally won the tournament for the first time by a 39:34 victory over the Northern Irishman Jackie Rea.

As a result, the World Cup, however, was not discharged six years, until 1964 it was re-introduced again in the form of challenge matches. Pulman was able to defend his title against four different challenger 1964-1968 in seven duels. In 1969 the World Cup was again held in the form of tournaments. His greatest success was once again a finals in 1970, where he lost the final against Ray Reardon from Wales with 33:37. He was the third and so far last player by Joe Davis (1928) and his brother Fred Davis ( 1949), who successfully defended his Ersttitelgewinn successful.

As 1977/78 the snooker world ranking was introduced, he was after all out in 7th place, but was unable to repeat his success from the sixties, in the subsequent period. In 1982 he finished his professional career and later worked as a commentator for ITV.

Christmas 1998, he died at the age of 75 years to the injuries he had sustained in a stair fall.

In 2011 he was inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame.