Alex Higgins
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Alexander Gordon Higgins was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion, remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history.
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![Steve Davis (left) and Alex Higgins in 1988. Higgins wrote in 1987 that, "Playing big match snooker can be as great a turn-on as sex. There's nothing more exhilarating than walking into a room bursting with people to challenge my old enemy, Steve Davis."[65]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Steve_Davis_and_Alex_Higgins%2C_The_Times%2C_1988-01-05.jpg/330px-Steve_Davis_and_Alex_Higgins%2C_The_Times%2C_1988-01-05.jpg)
Steve Davis (left) and Alex Higgins in 1988. Higgins wrote in 1987 that, "Playing big match snooker can be as great a turn-on as sex. There's nothing more exhilarating than walking into a room bursting with people to challenge my old enemy, Steve Davis."[65]![At the 1990 World Cup, Higgins threatened his team captain, Dennis Taylor (pictured in 2025 holding the World Championship trophy).[113]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Dennis_Taylor_holding_the_World_Snooker_Championship_Trophy.jpg/1280px-Dennis_Taylor_holding_the_World_Snooker_Championship_Trophy.jpg)
At the 1990 World Cup, Higgins threatened his team captain, Dennis Taylor (pictured in 2025 holding the World Championship trophy).[113]Filmography 16
Alex Higgins: The People's Champion
When Snooker Ruled the World
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story
Hellraisers
Jimmy White - The One & Only
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
Jimmy White: Close To The Wind
Hurricane Higgins18 credits on file
Television 2
Gods of Snooker
Wayne Dobson - A Kind of MagicAwards 1
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About this person
Alexander Gordon Higgins was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion, remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history. Nicknamed "Hurricane Higgins" for his rapid play, and known as the "People's Champion" for his popularity and charisma, he is often credited as being a key figure in snooker's success as a mainstream televised sport in the 1980s.
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