Norman Dagley was an English world champion player of English billiards.
10 Facts About Norman Dagley
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Norman Dagley won both the world amateur and world professional titles twice.
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Norman Dagley served in the Korean War whilst on National Service, and once spent a night in a group on a dinghy after the American transport plane that they were on had to ditch.
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Norman Dagley was runner-up in the English Amateur Billiards championship in 1963, and from 1964 won the title fifteen times in twenty-one attempts, never again losing in the final.
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Norman Dagley set many records, including a world and English championship record break of 862 and session average of 116.6 in 1978.
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Norman Dagley enjoyed success in the CIU championships, another major tournament in England, winning the title 11 times between 1964 and 1981.
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Norman Dagley won the IBSF World Billiards Championship in 1971, defeating Mannie Francisco in the final, and again in 1975, with Michael Ferreira as runner-up.
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Norman Dagley was runner-up in 1979 to Paul Mifsud and in 1981 to Michael Ferreira.
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Norman Dagley did not turn professional until the age of 54, and even as a professional, retained his job as the manager of a snooker club in the town of Nuneaton.
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Norman Dagley is commemorated with a blue plaque in Earl Shilton, and there is a street called Norman Dagley Close in the town.