English former professional snooker player, 8-time world champion (last 1968)
John Pulman
Born
(1923-12-12)12 December 1923 Teignmouth, Devon, England
Died
25 December 1998(1998-12-25) (aged 75) Northampton, England
Sport country
England
Professional
1946–1981
Highest ranking
7 (1977/78)
Tournament wins
World Champion
8 times; 1957, and won 7 challenges from 1964–68
Herbert John Pulman (12 December 1923 – 25 December 1998) was an English professional snooker player who was the World Snooker Champion from 1957 to 1968. He first won the title at the 1957 Championship and retained it across seven challenges from 1964 to 1968, three of them against Fred Davis and two against Rex Williams. When the tournament reverted to a knockout event in 1969, he lost 18–25 in the first round to the eventual champion John Spencer. After finishing as runner-up to Ray Reardon in 1970, Pulman never again reached the final, although he was a losing semi-finalist in 1977.
He turned professional in 1946, shortly after winning the English Amateur Championship, and achieved three News of the World Snooker Tournament titles, in 1954, 1957 and 1958. An emotional player, he was prone to venting his frustration and missing important shots. He generally played attacking snooker in his early career, but he made more use of safety tactics in the 1970s.
Pulman became a television commentator towards the end of his playing career and retired from competitive play in 1981 after breaking his leg in a traffic accident. He died in 1998 following a fall down the stairs at his home. He was one of the inaugural inductees to the World Snooker Hall of Fame in 2011, alongside seven other winners of multiple world championships.
Herbert JohnPulman (12 December 1923 – 25 December 1998) was an English professional snooker player who was the World Snooker Champion from 1957 to 1968...
fifth day. Fred Davis met JohnPulman in the 1955 final at Blackpool Tower Circus, with Davis winning 38–35. Davis defeated Pulman again in the 1956 final...
the World title three or more times after Joe Davis, Fred Davis, JohnPulman, John Spencer, Ray Reardon, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan...
Pulman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Cory Pulman (born 1963), English actress now known by her married name Cory Pulman-Jones...
tournament's highest break, in the sixth frame of his semi-final match against JohnPulman. Spencer was the first player to win the championship using a two-piece...
quarter-finals, Spencer in the semi-finals, and JohnPulman 37–33 in the final, having led 27–14 before Pulman reduced the lead to one frame at 34–33. At the...
Snooker Championship on a challenge basis in 1964, and lost twice to JohnPulman, once in a single match and once in a series of matches played in South...
defended their first title in the pre-Crucible era; the last to do so was JohnPulman in 1964. The first-time world champions listed below all experienced...
makes final flourish". The Times. 28 February 1972. p. 7. Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record &...
to Ray Reardon, who claimed the title with a 37–33 final victory over JohnPulman. Reardon also made the highest break of the tournament, a 118, and received...
knocks such a lot in." In the quarter-finals, he saw off former champion JohnPulman 31–23. Rex Williams took nine consecutive frames to establish a 12–6...
occasions during the 1950s; his brother Fred and future world champion JohnPulman each won it twice. In 1959, Davis attempted to popularise a new version...
The England team was Rex Williams, Fred Davis, Graham Miles, John Spencer and JohnPulman. Difference in cumulative points scored The other players were...
Championship 2018: John Higgins to face Mark Williams in final". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018. "John Higgins edges...
losers in the first and second rounds of the main tournament. John Spencer defeated JohnPulman 15–5 in the plate competition final, and recorded six century...
was held from 1 to 13 December 1947 at Burroughes Hall and was won by JohnPulman, who joined seven other players in the main event. The final was held...
breaks, the fourth most of any player, behind only Ronnie O'Sullivan (15), John Higgins (13), and Stephen Hendry (11). In 1996, Bingham won both the English...
the final of the 1989 European Open, where he lost the deciding frame to John Parrott. Although he also won several other tournaments, Griffiths's determination...
John Stephen Parrott MBE (born 11 May 1964) is an English former professional snooker player and television personality. He was a familiar face on the...
Dott started his campaign with an easy 10–3 victory over former champion John Parrott, before beating veteran Nigel Bond 13–9 in the second round. In his...
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