Warren Simpson Explained

Warren Simpson
Birth Date:28 March 1922
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Death Place:Toowoon Bay, Australia
Professional:1970–1980
High Ranking:20 (1976/1977)
Best Finish:Last 16 (x1)

Warren Alwyn Simpson (28 March 1922 – 28 June 1980)[1] was an Australian snooker player. He was world amateur champion before turning professional in the early 1960s.

Career

Simpson won amateur championships at state and national level before becoming world amateur champion in 1954.[2] He played an exhibition against world professional champion Fred Davis in 1960 and later turned professional. Simpson reached the final of the 1971 World Snooker Championship, losing 37–29 to John Spencer in a match played in Sydney, Australia in November 1970.

Simpson competed in three further World Championships between 1973 and 1975. In 1974, despite suffering from influenza, he discharged himself from hospital to play in his match against Bernard Bennett, but lost 8–2.[3]

He suffered from diabetes for many years and died in 1980, aged 58.[4] He was married and had a son.

Career titles

Notes and References

  1. News: Death of Warren Simpson. The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 June 1980. 75.
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/134098062 'Snooker Title to Warren Simpson'
  3. News: Valiant Try. The Age. 18 April 1974. AAP-Reuter.
  4. News: Wheeler. Les. A famous five. The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 July 1980.
  5. Web site: NSW Snooker Championship. Billiards & Snooker Association of New South Wales. 6 May 2014. 7 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140507004321/http://www.bsansw.com/Tournaments/PastWinners/NSWSnookerChampionship.aspx. dead.
  6. Web site: Past Champions . Australian Billiards & Snooker Council . 6 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413203547/http://absc.com.au/champions.aspx . 13 April 2014 . dead .
  7. Web site: Other National Professional Championships. Chris Turner. 6 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20120107161810/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/natpro.html. 7 January 2012. dead.