Mario Morra

Mario Morra is a Canadian professional pool player and former professional snooker player, born on 8 September 1953. He became a snooker professional in 1979, defeated Mike Hallett and Jimmy White at the 1983 Jameson International Open, and reached the last 32 of the 1984 World Snooker Championship, where he lost 10-3 to Cliff Thorburn, who also beat him in the 1984 Canadian Professional Championship final. His highest snooker ranking was 35 in 1984 and 1985. He is now better known as a pool player and was runner-up in the 2008 Canadian Nine-ball Championship and the 2010 Canadian Ten-ball Championship. His son John Morra is a top ranked professional pool player.