The Welshman dominated the sport in the 1970s.
Former world champion Ray Reardon , the coal miner who dominated snooker in the 1970s, has died at the age of 91.
Jimmy White, one of snooker’s most popular players, said on X: “Gutted to hear my very good friend Ray Reardon has passed away. Nicknamed ‘Dracula’ after playing a session of the 1974 World Championship final in a cape, top hat and scarlet silk jacket, Reardon rose to prominence as snooker became a popular sport in Britain thanks to the Pot Black television programme.
The former world number one worked as coal miner and was also a police officer for eight years before taking snooker by storm.
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