"Which snooker player, nicknamed ""The Grinder"", in 1980 became the first player from outside the United Kingdom to win the world snooker championship?"
Canadian Amateur Championship (snooker) 2018 final to achieve the longest gap between titles in the event's history, thirty years after first winning in 1988. Many former champions have gone on to play on the world tour such as Alain Robidoux, Kirk Stevens, Bob Chaperon, Jim Wych, Bill Werbeniuk and most notably Cliff Thorburn who won the competition in 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 2001, eventually going on to become the first player in the modern era from outside the United Kingdom to win the World Snooker Championship in 1980. Canadian Amateur Championship (snooker) The Canadian Amateur Championship (occasionally known as the Canadian Open
Sidney Smith (snooker player) Sidney Smith (snooker player) Sidney Smith (26 March 1908 – 1990) was a professional billiards and snooker player from the 1930s to the 1950s. He was born in Killamarsh, Derbyshire, England. He was the first player to make a total clearance in snooker competition, a break of 133 on 11 December 1936 in the Daily Mail Gold Cup. Smith's most notable tournament wins were the 1948 United Kingdom Professional Billiards Championship (beating John Barrie 7000-6428) and the 1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament. Smith was the runner-up to Joe Davis in the World Snooker Championships of 1938 (having beaten