1. John Stephen Parrott was born on 11 May 1964 and is an English former professional snooker player who won the 1991 World Snooker Championship.
34 Facts About John Parrott
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John Parrott came to prominence in the mid to late 1980s, and remained within the top 16 of the world rankings for 14 consecutive seasons.
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John Parrott twice reached the final of the World Snooker Championship.
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John Parrott won against White later the same year, to win the 1991 UK Championship title.
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John Parrott reached the final of the Masters on three occasions, losing to Hendry each time.
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John Parrott is one of several players to have achieved more than 200 competitive century break during his career, with 221.
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John Parrott was born on 11 May 1964 at the Oxford Street Maternity Hospital, Liverpool.
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John Parrott grew up with his aunt and uncle following a split between his parents when he was 4.
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John Parrott was a keen bowls player until the age of 11, as he was first introduced to snooker by his father.
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John Parrott lost in the final of the English Under-16s Championship in 1979 and then again in 1980.
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John Parrott turned professional in 1983 after winning 14 tournaments in his last year as an amateur player, including a second Junior Pot Black title, and finishing as runner-up in the English Amateur Championship.
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John Parrott turned professional in 1983, aged 19, making his televised debut as a professional during the last 16 of the 1984 Classic.
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John Parrott defeated Knowles, but lost in the quarter-finals to Dennis Taylor.
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John Parrott finished his first professional season ranked 20th in the world.
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In 1987, John Parrott was placed within the top 16 in the world for the first time.
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At the 1988 Classic, John Parrott reached his first ranking event final.
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John Parrott lost again to Davis in the final of the 1988 World Matchplay, to Stephen Hendry in the final of the invitational 1989 Masters, to Mike Hallett at the 1989 English Professional Championship.
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John Parrott reached the final to play Davis at the 1989 World Snooker Championship.
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John Parrott finished the season at his highest world ranking, second to Davis.
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John Parrott reached the final of the 1990 Masters for a second time, losing again to Hendry.
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John Parrott reached the final of the World Championship again in 1991.
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John Parrott was just the third person to win hold both the UK and World Championships sequentially.
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John Parrott retained the Dubai Classic, defeating Hendry on a, but lost both the UK Championship and Masters to White and Hendry, respectively.
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John Parrott reached the final of the 1992 Strachan Open losing to James Wattana.
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John Parrott finished the season again in second in the world rankings for the third and final time.
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John Parrott lost the 1997 European Open, 1997 German Open finals both to John Higgins and 1998 Thailand Masters to Hendry.
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John Parrott spent 14 consecutive seasons in the top 16 of the snooker world rankings, from 1987 until 2001,11 of which were in the top 6.
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John Parrott captained the England team that won the 2000 Nations Cup.
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Later John Parrott announced he was to retire from the professional game.
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John Parrott played in the 2011 World Seniors Championship, where he lost in the semi-finals to Davis.
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Robert Philip of The Daily Telegraph wrote approvingly in 2007 of how John Parrott had prioritised his family above playing, and speculated that had he not done so, John Parrott could have won further world championships.
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In 1996, John Parrott was honoured with an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, for charitable services in Merseyside.
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John Parrott is a supporter of Everton FC and brother-in-law of former Everton player Duncan Ferguson.
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John Parrott was made the Honorary Patron of the British Crown Green Bowling Association in 2010.