Joe Davis
English snooker and billiards player (1901-1978) · United Kingdom · On the map · Died at 77
Joseph Davis was an English professional snooker and billiards player. He was the dominant figure in snooker from the 1920s to the 1950s, and has been credited with inventing aspects of the way the game is now played, such as break-building.
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Claude Falkiner c. 1915
Tom Newman (pictured in 1930) played Davis for the professional (World English Billiards) Championship each year from 1926 to 1930.
Walter Lindrum (pictured in 1934, playing a shot) defeated Davis twice for the World English Billiards Championship.
Davis playing in an exhibition match (with angled mirror behind), c. 1940
Joe Davis c. 1938Awards
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He drove the creation of the World Snooker Championship by persuading the Billiards Association and Control Council to recognise an official professional snooker championship in 1927. Davis won the first 15 world championships from 1927 to 1946, and he is the only undefeated player in World Snooker Championship history. In 1935, he scored the championship's first century break.