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Doug Mountjoy R I P

Lincsaddick
Lincsaddick Posts: 32,385
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Went from the Welsh coal mines to become a top snooker player of yesteryear .. died on Valentines Day aged 78

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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,062
    RIP
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,087
    One of the olden day snooker greats. RIP
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    Remember him on Pot Black. RIP
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    I much enjoyed watching 'Pot Black' in the '70s.
    RIP
  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,729
    Saga Lout said:
    Remember him on Pot Black. RIP
    RIP Doug.  And I loved Pot Black!
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,385
    edited February 2021
    Anna_Kissed said:
    I much enjoyed watching 'Pot Black' in the '70s.
    RIP
    for those watching in black and white, the green is next to the pink ((:>) (excuse the frivolity on a R I P thread)
  • jonseventyfive
    jonseventyfive Posts: 3,360
    My Dad played DM as his prize for winning a Pontins snooker tournament, Doug did a selection of trick shots and beat my Dad rather easily, he was an absolute Gent the whole time, RIP.
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,626
    A very measured snooker player - my Dad met him and said he was top class, real gent - RIP
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,166
    RIP
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,847
    RIP

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  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,224
    RIP
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,391
    Potted the black!

    RIP. Great memories, great player!
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,872
    It might be memory playing tricks on me (yet again!) but seem to recall DM used to line the cue up to the side of his jaw on the inside rather than the traditional technique of in the middle? It worked for him and he was a top player in his day.

    RIP Doug
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,870
    RIP
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,182
    Fond memories of snooker in its heyday including Doug. RIP.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,889
    RIP
  • killer kish
    killer kish Posts: 2,019
    RIP Doug
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,965
    RIP. I remember his career unexpectedly having a second wind in the late 80s
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,059
    Doug was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1993, so did really well all things considered.RIP.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/51946334
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,176
    RIP - One from the days when you could recognise virtually all the top twenty players instantly... Blimey, I'm old.   

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  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,081
    RIP
  • Sark99
    Sark99 Posts: 181
    bobmunro said:
    It might be memory playing tricks on me (yet again!) but seem to recall DM used to line the cue up to the side of his jaw on the inside rather than the traditional technique of in the middle? It worked for him and he was a top player in his day.

    RIP Doug
    I think you will find Graham Miles was the player who lined his cue up that way.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,872
    Sark99 said:
    bobmunro said:
    It might be memory playing tricks on me (yet again!) but seem to recall DM used to line the cue up to the side of his jaw on the inside rather than the traditional technique of in the middle? It worked for him and he was a top player in his day.

    RIP Doug
    I think you will find Graham Miles was the player who lined his cue up that way.

    Thanks.

    As I said, memory playing tricks, which happens more and more often these days!
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    RIP Doug

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