John Pulman

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John Pulman
Tournament wins

Born	(1923-12-12)12 December 1923
Died	25 December 1998(1998-12-25) (aged 75)
Sport country	England
Professional	1946?–1982
Highest ranking	7 (1977/78)
Major	10
World Champion	1964-1968 (7 times)

John Pulman (12 December 1923 – 25 December 1998) was an English professional snooker player who dominated the game throughout the 1960s.

Pulman won the 1946 English Amateur title and turned professional shortly after. In 1947 he had his first appearance at the World Championship losing 14-21 to Albert Brown in round 1 of the qualification. His first professional title was The Empire News event in 1951.^{[citation needed]} He first reached the final of the World Matchplay in 1955, losing to Fred Davis. Davis beat him again in the 1956 final, but Davis did not enter in 1957 and Pulman won the title, after which the event was discontinued. In 1964 the World Championship was resumed on a challenge basis. Pulman won the championship and successfully defended it in all further title challenges, the last being in 1968 when he beat the Australian Eddie Charlton. In 1969 the World Championship became a knockout tournament (which is generally regarded as the birth of the modern snooker era) and Pulman failed to successfully defend his title. He reached the final in 1970 but lost to Ray Reardon. Pulman reached the semi finals of the World Championship when it was first held at The Crucible in Sheffield in 1977, narrowly losing to the eventual winner John Spencer by 18 frames to 16.

After a depressing run of results, Pulman was adjudged bankrupt on 7 February 1979, with debts of £5916. By this point, a recently divorced Pulman was suffering from severe motivational problems and living in a hotel in Bromley.^[1]

Pulman retired from professional play in 1982, by which time he had joined the BBC as a commentator. A short time later he joined ITV, where he commentated alongside Dennis Taylor, Mark Wildman, Ray Edmonds and Jim Meadowcroft. He remained the lead commentator until the sport was dropped by the channel in 1992. Pulman died on Christmas Day 1998 after falling downstairs at home.

Tournament wins

Empire News event - 1951
News of the World Championship - 1954, 1957
World Snooker Championship - 1964 (twice), 1965 (three times), 1966, 1968
World Matchplay - 1957

Source

Turner, Chris. "Player Profile – John Pulman". SnookerArchive.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2011.

References

↑ Everton, Clive (Ed.) Snooker Scene, March 1979, p25.

v t e World snooker champions

1927 Joe Davis 1928 Joe Davis 1929 Joe Davis 1930 Joe Davis 1931 Joe Davis 1932 Joe Davis 1933 Joe Davis 1934 Joe Davis 1935 Joe Davis 1936 Joe Davis 1937 Joe Davis 1938 Joe Davis 1939 Joe Davis 1940 Joe Davis 1946 Joe Davis 1947 Walter Donaldson 1948 Fred Davis 1949 Fred Davis 1950 Walter Donaldson 1951 Fred Davis 1952 Horace Lindrum 1952 Fred Davis 1953 Fred Davis 1954 Fred Davis 1955 Fred Davis 1956 Fred Davis 1957 John Pulman 1964 John Pulman 1964 John Pulman 1965 John Pulman 1965 John Pulman 1965 John Pulman 1966 John Pulman 1968 John Pulman 1969 John Spencer 1970 Ray Reardon 1971 John Spencer 1972 Alex Higgins 1973 Ray Reardon 1974 Ray Reardon 1975 Ray Reardon 1976 Ray Reardon 1977 John Spencer 1978 Ray Reardon 1979 Terry Griffiths 1980 Cliff Thorburn 1981 Steve Davis 1982 Alex Higgins 1983 Steve Davis 1984 Steve Davis 1985 Dennis Taylor 1986 Joe Johnson 1987 Steve Davis 1988 Steve Davis 1989 Steve Davis 1990 Stephen Hendry 1991 John Parrott 1992 Stephen Hendry 1993 Stephen Hendry 1994 Stephen Hendry 1995 Stephen Hendry 1996 Stephen Hendry 1997 Ken Doherty 1998 John Higgins 1999 Stephen Hendry 2000 Mark Williams 2001 Ronnie O'Sullivan 2002 Peter Ebdon 2003 Mark Williams 2004 Ronnie O'Sullivan 2005 Shaun Murphy 2006 Graeme Dott 2007 John Higgins 2008 Ronnie O'Sullivan 2009 John Higgins 2010 Neil Robertson 2011 John Higgins 2012 Ronnie O'Sullivan 2013 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Winners of the Professional Matchplay Championship in italics. Winners of the challenge matches in bold.

Persondata
Name	Pulman, John
Alternative names
Short description	British snooker player
Date of birth	12 December 1923
Place of birth
Date of death	25 December 1998
Place of death

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