Herbert_Holt_(snooker_player)
Herbert Holt (snooker player)
English snooker player
Herbert Holt (1 June 1909 – 22 February 2002) was an English professional snooker player.
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| Born | (1909-06-01)1 June 1909 Simonstone, Lancashire, England |
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| Died | 22 February 2002(2002-02-22) (aged 92) |
| Sport country |  England |
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Herbert Holt was born on 1 June 1909 in Simonstone, Lancashire.[1] His father was Willie Holt, a professional billiards player and manufacturer who invented "rail pockets" that largely replaced the "bag" style of pockets.[2]
Holt played in the qualifying for the 1938 World Snooker Championship, beating Charles Read 21-10 before losing 8–23 to Fred Davis. He entered the World Championship several times after that, lastly in 1950, but never progressed beyond the quarter-finals.[3]
He was a body double for Laurence Olivier in Sleuth and for Roger Moore in The Persuaders. He set up a billiard table and cue sorts equipment business in the 1930s and sold billiard tables to celebrities including Michael Caine, John Lennon and Tom Jones. He established a snooker club in Great Windmill Street in the 1960s that went on to host the English Amateur Championship and Women's Billiards Association events.[2]
Holt died on 22 February 2002, aged 92.[2]
- "Untitled article". The Billiard Player. No. June 1950. p. 13.
- "Obituary: Herbert Holt". Snooker Scene. No. April 2002. Everton's News Agency. p. 49.
- Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker: The Records. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 54–55. ISBN 0851124488.