Fred Davis (snooker player)

Fred Davis was an English professional player of snooker and English billiards, born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on 14 August 1913 and the younger brother of Joe Davis. He turned professional in 1929 at fifteen as a billiards player, reached the world snooker final in 1940 and, from 1947, met Walter Donaldson in five straight finals, winning three. Across the 1948 to 1956 world championships he took eight titles, second only to his brother, and he also won the World Billiards Championship twice in 1980. He and Joe were the only two men to win both the snooker and English billiards world titles. Davis stayed on the tour until 1993, when he retired at eighty because of arthritis in his left knee, and he died in 1998.