John Pulman

John Pulman
birthday	December 12, 1923
place of birth	Devon
date of death	25th December 1998 (age 75)
nationality	England
professional	1946-1982
Main tour successes
World championships	8th
Ranking tournament victories	-
Minor tournament victories	-
World rankings
Highest WRL place	7 ( 77/78 )

John Pulman (born December 12, 1923 in Devon , † December 25, 1998 ) was an English, professional snooker player.

Career

In 1946 he became English amateur champion . In 1947 he took part in the World Cup for the first time . In 1955 and 1956 he reached the final of the World Cup (known at the time as the World Matchplay ), but lost each time just against Fred Davis . In 1957 he finally won the tournament for the first time with a 39:34 victory over the Northern Irishman Jackie Rea .

As a result, however, the World Cup was not held for six years, it was only reintroduced in 1964 in the form of challenge matches . Pulman was able to defend his title between 1964 and 1968 in a total of seven duels against four different challengers. From 1969 the World Cup was again held in the form of tournaments. His greatest success was again a final in 1970, where he lost the final against Ray Reardon from Wales with 33:37. He was the third and so far last player, after Joe Davis (1928) and his brother Fred Davis (1949), who was able to successfully defend his first title win.

When the snooker world rankings were introduced in 1977/78 , it was at least 7th, but was not able to build on its successes from the 1960s. In 1982 he ended his professional career and later worked as a commentator for ITV .

He died on Christmas 1998 at the age of 75 from injuries sustained when he fell down stairs.

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

Web links

• Past Players: John Pulman at World Snooker ( Memento from May 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)