'Ray put snooker on the map.'
Ray Reardon won six world snooker titles Six-time world snooker champion Ray Reardon has died at the age of 91 after a battle with cancer. Reardon was one of the most successful and popular players of his era, dominating the sport in the 1970s with six world titles across the decade. The first player to be officially ranked world number one in snooker, Reardon – who was affectionally nicknamed ‘Dracula’ by fans – also won more than a dozen other tournaments, including The Masters in 1976.
The Welshman, who was born in Tredegar and worked as a policeman before turning pro, almost died 13 years before becoming a world snooker champion after a mine collapsed while he was working underground. Reardon was buried under rubble for three hours before being pulled to safety. Recalling the terrifying ordeal, he later told Michael Parkinson in an interview with the BBC: ‘I couldn’t move a finger. It was amazing that with all the rubble and rock I was under, air still gets through.
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