Terry Griffiths Terence Martin Griffiths OBE (born 16 October 1947) is a Welsh retired professional snooker player and current coach and pundit. After winning several amateur titles, including the Welsh Amateur Championship in 1975 and back-to-back English Amateur Championships in 1977 and 1978, Griffiths turned professional in June 1978 at the age of 30.
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Terry Griffiths acknowledges winning the World Snooker Championship 40 years ago changed his life. A successful amateur player, Griffiths, from Llanelli, won the title at his first attempt,. Terry Griffiths - World Snooker Terry Griffiths Title 1979 World Champion Nationality Welsh Turned Pro 1978 Highest Tournament Break 139 Location Llanelli D.O.B 16 October 1947 Money List Earnings £0 Nickname - Terry Griffiths enjoyed a superb amateur career but could not have expected to make such an immediate impact in the professional game. A health scare last year left Terry Griffiths wondering whether he had a future in snooker coaching. But the pull of the sport he loves proved too great and he is looking forward to a new chapter in his remarkable career…. Terry Griffiths is one of only seven players to have won snooker's triple Crown of World Championship, Masters and UK Championship. He won the World Championship at his first attempt in 1979,.
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A Welsh amateur champion and two-time English amateur champion, Terry Griffiths turned professional in 1978 at the age of 31. It didn't take very long for him to make an impact on the main tour, winning the World Snooker Championship in his very first attempt. A former postman, Terry Griffiths won the World Snooker title in 1979 after coming through the qualifying stages and helped Wales win the World Cup twice. He won two more ranking tournaments in 1982 and was a semi-finalist at the World Championships again in 1988. Terry Griffiths was snooker's World Championship winner in 1979, Masters winner in 1980 and UK Championship winner in 1982, but is able to look back with a smile on the occasions Davis foiled his. SNOOKER Terry Griffiths Image credit: Imago Name: Terry Griffiths Nationality: Welsh (born Llanelli, Carmarthenshire) Advertisement Ad Age: 62 (DOB: 16/10/1947) The Masters 'Special'.
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Terry Griffiths - Pro Snooker Blog Terry Griffiths Name: Terry Griffiths OBE DOB: October 16th, 1947 Nationality: Welsh Professional Career: 1978-1997 Highest Ranking: #3 (1981/2) Highest Break: 139 Terry Griffiths, now 74, became World Champion when he won the 1979 World Snooker Championship - reaching at least the quarter-finals of the World Championship for nine consecutive years from.
SUBSCRIBE for the biggest and best videos from the only official World Snooker channel on YouTubeWebsite: www.wst.tvTwitter: @WeAreWSTFacebook: /WorldSnooker. Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths and Kirk Stevens all qualified for the Crucible stage for the first time. The defending champion was Ray Reardon, who had won the title for a sixth time by defeating Perrie Mans by 25 frames to 18 in the 1978 final. Reardon was eliminated in the quarter-finals after losing 8-13 to Dennis Taylor .
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Terry Griffiths. 1979 World Champion. Top coach. Legend. Griff, as they nickname him, made his first ton in the early 1970s (1971) and a few years later, as a qualifier, propelled to fame as the 1979 World Snooker Champion beating Dennis Taylor in the final. Now 71, there's not a lot Griffiths hasn't seen and done in snooker. Terry Griffiths became a household name across the UK back in 1979 when as a debutant at the Crucible he went on to lift the trophy. Given his age, 31 years old, and his strong amateur career up to that point it perhaps shouldn't be seen in the same shock terms as if the feat was repeated today by a tour rookie, but nonetheless it was one hell of an achievement.
