# Cliff Thorburn

> Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, defeating Alex Higgins 18-16 in the final. He is generally recognised as the sport's first world champion from outside the United Kingdom - since Australian Horace Lindrum's 1952 title is usually disregarded - and he remains the only world champion from the Americas. He was runner-up in two other world championships, losing 21-25 to John Spencer in the 1977 final and 6-18 to Steve Davis in the 1983 final. At the 1983 tournament, Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break in a World Championship match, achieving the feat in his second-round encounter with Terry Griffiths.

*Canadian snooker player*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/cliff-thorburn

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Canada
- **Born:** 1948-01-16
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.9 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 21.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/CliffThorburn (@CliffThorburn)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1186444/ (@nm1186444)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.cliffthorburn.ca

## Sources
- [克利夫·索伯恩](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%8B%E5%88%A9%E5%A4%AB%C2%B7%E7%B4%A2%E4%BC%AF%E6%81%A9)
- [كليف ثوربورن](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86)
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- [Кліф Торбурн](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%84_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD)
- [Cliff Thorburn](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Thorburn)
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- [کلیف توربرن](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86)
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- [Cliff Thorburn](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Thorburn)
- [Cliff Thorburn](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Thorburn)
- [კლიფ თორბერნი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4_%E1%83%97%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98)
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- [Cliff Thorburn](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Thorburn)
- [Торбурн, Клифф](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%84%D1%84)
- [Клиф Торберн](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%84_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD)
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- [คลิฟฟ์ ทอร์เบิร์น](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%9F%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%99)
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- [Кліфф Торбурн](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%84%D1%84_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181102)
- [Cliff Thorburn](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5793789)

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