John Parrott was a familiar face on the professional snooker circuit during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, and remained within the top 16 of the world rankings for fourteen consecutive seasons.
20 Facts About John Parrott
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John Parrott won the title two years later, defeating Jimmy White in the final of the 1991 World Championship.
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John Parrott repeated his win against White later the same year, to take the 1991 UK Championship title, becoming only the third player to win both championships in the same calendar year ; he is still one of only six players to have achieved this feat.
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John Parrott spent three seasons at number 2 in the world rankings, and he is one of several players to have achieved more than 200 competitive centuries during his career, with 221.
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John Parrott was successful from an early age; when he was 15, his talent was spotted by Phil Miller, who became his long-term manager in 1980.
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John Parrott lost in the final of the English Under-16s Championship in 1980, but won the 1981 Pontins Junior Championship.
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John Parrott turned professional the following year after winning a record 14 tournaments in his last year as an amateur player.
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John Parrott turned professional in 1983 and he made his televised debut as a professional during the 1984 Classic in which he played Alex Higgins in the last 16 of the competition in front of a packed house at Warrington near his hometown of Liverpool.
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John Parrott then beat Tony Knowles in the next round before losing to Steve Davis in the semi-finals.
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John Parrott took his first ranking title in the 1989 European Open, and defended his title in 1990.
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John Parrott spent 14 consecutive seasons in the top 16 of the snooker world rankings, 11 of them in the top 6.
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From 1984 to 2004 John Parrott was ever-present at the World Championship, reaching at least the last 16 every year from 1984 to 1995, but he failed to qualify in 2005.
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John Parrott reached the final of the Masters three times in four years, but lost to Stephen Hendry on each occasion.
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John Parrott came through the qualifying event for the World Championship a record ten times.
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Later John Parrott announced he was to retire from the professional game.
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John Parrott is a studio expert on snooker for BBC Sport, often in partnership with Steve Davis; he delivers many of their playing tutorials and provides guidance for the viewers.
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John Parrott is a follower of horse racing and has been involved in the BBC's horse racing coverage as part of the presenting team.
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John Parrott is the brother-in-law of former Everton player Duncan Ferguson.
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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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In 2010, it was announced that John Parrott was to be the Honorary Patron of the British Crown Green Bowling Association.