Cliff Thorburn, nicknamed The Grinder for his slow and determined style of play, is a Canadian retired professional snooker player born in 1948. He won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, beating Alex Higgins in the final, and is generally recognised as the sport's first world champion from outside the United Kingdom and the only one from the Americas. He was ranked world number one in the 1981 to 1982 season, won the Masters three times, and made the first maximum break in a World Championship match in 1983. He is a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Snooker Hall of Fame.
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