Fred Davis

Fred Davis (Chesterfield, 13 August 1913 - Denbighshire, 16 april 1998) was an English Professional snooker player. He was one of the most popular practitioners of this sport. [1] ==Career[ Edit] == Davis was originally a billiards player. He began to play professionally in 1929. His first snooker match as a Pro was in 1937.

He was the younger brother (twelve years younger) of Joe Davis, who played professional snooker by 1927 to 1946. However, they are not related to later champion Steve Davis, who was. Joe stopped in 1946 World Snooker Championship after 15 tournament victories, making Fred ' the space got ' to win three times: in 1948, 1949 and 1951.The only time they met each other in the final was at the World Championship in 1940. When Joe won by Fred with a final score of 37-36. After disagreement between some of the players and the governing body Davis played in a Matchplay tournament-the alternative-which he won five times in a row, from 1952 to 1956. Davis retired in 1957 and gave rival John Pulman space (Pulman won the World Matchplay in 1957). When the official World Championship was resumed in 1964 Davis came back, but he was again defeated by Pulman, in 1964, 1965 and in 1966. The world rankings were introduced in 1976. Davis ' highlight was already over, but he was still in fourth place that season.

He was distinguished in the order of the British Empire in 1977. [2]

He has the semifinals of the World Snooker Championship in 1978 at age of 64. ==Won tournaments[ Edit] ==
 * World Snooker Championship -1948, 1949, 1951
 * World Matchplay-1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956
 * News of the World Championship-1958, 1959
 * World Billiards Championship – 1980, 1981