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Cliff Thorburn

1948 - Today

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Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, defeating Alex Higgins 18–16 in the final. He is generally recognised as the sport's first world champion from outside the United Kingdom—since Australian Horace Lindrum's 1952 title is usually disregarded—and he remains the only world champion from the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cliff Thorburn has received more than 806,482 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Cliff Thorburn is the 23rd most popular snooker (up from 24th in 2019), the 727th most popular biography from Canada (down from 670th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Snooker.

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  • 810k

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  • 37.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SNOOKERS

Among snookers, Cliff Thorburn ranks 23 out of 56Before her are Paul Hunter, Stuart Bingham, Peter Ebdon, Terry Griffiths, John Spencer, and Ding Junhui. After her are Ken Doherty, Mark Allen, Alan McManus, Graeme Dott, James Wattana, and Ali Carter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Cliff Thorburn ranks 653Before her are Sharon Stouder, Roy Evans, N. T. Wright, Tino Insana, Susan Bernard, and Alf Hansen. After her are Robert Ouko, Wolf Blitzer, Lynne Thigpen, Amani Abeid Karume, Judith Miller, and Errol Morris.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Cliff Thorburn ranks 727 out of 1,350Before her are Lisa Jakub (1978), Martin Brodeur (1972), Joël Lautier (1973), Andrea Roth (1967), Cory Doctorow (1971), and Myriam Bédard (1969). After her are Allen Berg (1961), Bob Houbregs (1932), Jagmeet Singh (1979), Ray Bourque (1960), June Havoc (1912), and Deadmau5 (1981).

Among SNOOKERS In Canada

Among snookers born in Canada, Cliff Thorburn ranks 1

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