Eddie Charlton (snooker player)

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Eddie Charlton
birthday October 31, 1929
place of birth Merewether , Australia
date of death 7th November 2004 (age 75)
Place of death Palmerston North , New Zealand
nationality AustraliaAustralia Australia
Nickname (s) Steady Eddie
Active time 1963-1995
Success in snooker
World Championship 3 × finalist (1968, 1973, 1975)
Highest break 124
Success in English Billiards
World Championship 4 × finalist (1974, 1976, 1984, 1988)

Edward Francis "Eddie" Charlton AM (born October 31, 1929 in Merewether , † November 7, 2004 in Palmerston North , New Zealand ) was an Australian snooker and English billiards player.

Life

Career

Charlton turned professional billiards in 1963 and won a total of 20 Australian championships between 1964 and 1985.

In 1968 he was able to challenge John Pulman for the title of snooker world champion, but lost with 38:34. After the tournament was subsequently played in a tournament format - instead of challenge duels - he was able to advance twice to the final, but lost both in 1973 and 1975 against Ray Reardon from Wales. Even after 1977, when the Snooker World Cup with the Crucible Theater in Sheffield got a permanent venue and became increasingly popular, he was a regular participant in the main round and reached the semi-finals in 1978 , 1979 and 1982 respectively. When he last participated in 1992, he suffered the first white wash at a World Snooker Championship in his 10:10 opening defeat against John Parrott .

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 its time due to the television broadcast by the BBC. In 1976 he also won the Professional Matchplay Championship in his native Australia . From 1976 to 1981 he was number three in the snooker world rankings that were just introduced at the time .

He also made four finals in the world championship of the English Billiards discipline . In 1974 and 1976 he was defeated by the Englishman Rex Williams , in 1984 very close with 1012: 1045 points to Mark Wildman and in 1986 to the Englishman Norman Dagley .

Private

Charlton was married twice and had a total of five children: Edward, Annette and Michael with his first wife Gloria, and Andrew and Peter with his second wife Robyn. He died in New Zealand in 2004 of complications after surgery at the age of 75.

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personal data
SURNAME Charlton, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Charlton, Edward Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Merewether , Australia
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 2004
Place of death Palmerston North , New Zealand