John Parrott

John Parrott is an English former professional snooker player, born in 1964, who won the World Snooker Championship in 1991. He rose to prominence in the mid to late 1980s and stayed in the top 16 of the world rankings for fourteen consecutive seasons. He reached the world final twice: in 1989 he lost 3-18 to Steve Davis, the heaviest defeat in a modern world final, and in 1991 he beat Jimmy White 18-11 for his only world title. Later that year he beat White again to win the UK Championship, making him the third player to win both titles in one calendar year. He reached three Masters finals, losing to Stephen Hendry each time, and made 221 competitive centuries. After playing he became a BBC commentator and pundit and a team captain on A Question of Sport.