Alex Higgins
Athlete
1949 – 2010
Who was Alex Higgins?
Alexander Gordon "Alex" Higgins was a Northern Irish professional snooker player. Nicknamed Hurricane Higgins because of his fast play, he was World Champion in 1972 and 1982, and runner-up in 1976 and 1980. He won the UK Championship in 1983 and the Masters in 1978 and 1981, making him one of nine players to have completed snooker's Triple Crown. He was also World Doubles champion with Jimmy White in 1984, and won the World Cup three times with the All Ireland team.
Higgins came to be known as the "People's Champion" because of his popularity, and is often credited with having brought the game of snooker to a wider audience, contributing to its peak in popularity in the 1980s. He had a reputation as an unpredictable and difficult character. He was a heavy smoker, struggled with drinking and gambling, and admitted to using cocaine and marijuana. Diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998, Higgins was found dead in his Belfast home on 24 July 2010.
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- Born
- Mar 18, 1949
Belfast - Also known as
- Хиггинс, Алекс
- Nationality
- Northern Ireland
- Profession
- Lived in
- Belfast
- Died
- Jul 24, 2010
Belfast
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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