Anthony Christian Meo was born on 4 October 1959 and is a retired English snooker player.
20 Facts About Tony Meo
1.
2.
Tony Meo won four World Doubles Championship titles, partnering Davis, and the 1983 World Team Classic representing England alongside Davis and Tony Knowles.
3.
Tony Meo played snooker together with his schoolfriend Jimmy White as a teenager.
4.
Aged seventeen, Tony Meo became the then-youngest person known to have made an unofficial maximum break of 147.
5.
Tony Meo won the British under-19 title in 1978, as well as other junior titles.
6.
Tony Meo turned professional in 1979, and won the 1981 Australian Masters, 1983 Thailand Masters and 1985 Australian Masters.
7.
Tony Meo reached the final of the 1984 Lada Classic but lost in the.
8.
Tony Meo took the 1986 English Professional Championship title, and retained it in 1987.
9.
Tony Meo made a break of 147 in his 1988 Matchroom League match against Stephen Hendry, and won the 1990 International League.
10.
Anthony Christian Tony Meo was born on 4 October 1959 in Tooting, London, and started playing snooker aged 13.
11.
Tony Meo was a schoolfriend of Jimmy White at Ernest Bevin Comprehensive, and the pair regularly skipped school to play snooker together.
12.
At 17, Tony Meo became the then-youngest person known to have made an unofficial maximum break of 147.
13.
Tony Meo made his world championship debut at the 1980 World Snooker Championship, after progressing past Jimmy van Rensberg and Pat Houlihan in qualifying.
14.
The 1981 English Professional Championship saw Tony Meo eliminate Virgo, Graham Miles and Willie Thorne to reach the final.
15.
In December 1983, Davis and Tony Meo retained the World Doubles Championship.
16.
Davis built a lead of 38 points, but Tony Meo recovered to 12 points behind with a break of 26.
17.
Tony Meo added the 12th frame, but Foulds moved ahead again by claiming the 13th.
18.
Tony Meo compiled a maximum break of 147 in his 1988 Matchroom League match against Stephen Hendry.
19.
Tony Meo acknowledged that "It wasn't very spectacular" and added that he felt that it was "the best tactical snooker" that he had ever player.
20.
In 1982, Tony Meo signed up to be managed by Barry Hearn, Davis's manager.