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{{short description|English world champion billiards player}} |
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'''Norman Dagley''' (1930 |
'''Norman Dagley''' (1930 – 15 January 1999) was an [[England|English]] world champion player of [[English billiards]]. He won both the world amateur and world professional titles twice. |
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== Early |
== Early career and English Amateur Championship titles== |
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Dagley learned to play [[English billiards|billiards]] from two brothers who were good amateur players, Reg and Jack Wright, in his home village of [[Earl Shilton]]. He served in the [[Korean War]] whilst on |
Dagley learned to play [[English billiards|billiards]] from two brothers who were good amateur players, Reg and Jack Wright, in his home village of [[Earl Shilton]]. He served in the [[Korean War]] whilst on [[National Service Act 1948|National Service]], and once spent a night in a group on a dinghy after the [[United States|American]] transport plane that they were on had to [[Water landing|ditch]]. He said that this experience of not knowing what the dawn would bring gave him a perspective on the game: "After that, you don't get worked up over a game of billiards." |
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<ref name="GOBIT">{{cite news |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=28 January 1999 |title=Norman Dagley obituary |
<ref name="GOBIT">{{cite news |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=28 January 1999 |title=Norman Dagley obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/28/guardianobituaries.cliveeverton |work=The Guardian |access-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508000426/http://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/28/guardianobituaries.cliveeverton |archive-date=8 May 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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He 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. He set many records, including a world and English championship record break of 862 and session average of 116.6 in 1978. In the 1984 final, his average was 147.7.<ref name="GUINNESS">{{cite book |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=1985 |title=Guinness Snooker |
He 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. He set many records, including a world and English championship record break of 862 and session average of 116.6 in 1978. In the 1984 final, his average was 147.7.<ref name="GUINNESS">{{cite book |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=1985 |title=Guinness Snooker – The Records |publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd |pages=123–124 |isbn=0851124488 }}</ref> He also enjoyed success in the [[Working Men's Club and Institute Union|CIU]] championships, another major tournament in England, winning the title 11 times between 1964 and 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eaba.co.uk/eaba/?p=6389 |title=CIU Individual Billiards Championship |website=eaba.co.uk |publisher=English Amateur Billiards Association |date=18 October 2013 |access-date=21 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809145139/http://www.eaba.co.uk/eaba/?p=6389 |archive-date=9 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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== IBSF World Amateur Championship == |
== IBSF World Amateur Championship == |
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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. He received a [[Cigarette case|cigarette box]] from the [[Mayor]] of [[Hinckley]] to commemorate the second of his world championship wins.<ref> |
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. He received a [[Cigarette case|cigarette box]] from the [[Mayor]] of [[Hinckley]] to commemorate the second of his world championship wins.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=19 November 1976 |title=Welcome for the champ |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |page=8 |via=British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 22 September 2019.}}</ref> He was also runner-up in 1979 to [[Paul Mifsud]] and in 1981 to [[Michael Ferreira]]. |
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He 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]].<ref name="IOBIT">{{cite news |last=Baxter |first=Trevor |date=18 January 1999 |title=Obituary: Norman Dagley |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-norman-dagley-1074690.html |work=The Independent |
He 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]].<ref name="IOBIT">{{cite news |last=Baxter |first=Trevor |date=18 January 1999 |title=Obituary: Norman Dagley |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-norman-dagley-1074690.html |work=The Independent |access-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427000155/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-norman-dagley-1074690.html |archive-date=27 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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== Professional |
== Professional career == |
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In his first attempt at the [[World Billiards Championship (English billiards)|World Professional Championship]], when the matches were played as the best of five games of 400-up, he proceeded to the 1985 final without losing a game, with |
In his first attempt at the [[World Billiards Championship (English billiards)|World Professional Championship]], when the matches were played as the best of five games of 400-up, he proceeded to the 1985 final without losing a game, with 3–0 wins over [[Jack Fitzmaurice]], [[Jack Karnehm]] and [[Robby Foldvari]]. Dagley finished as runner up to [[Ray Edmonds]] 3–1, with most games being close. The game scores (Edmonds first) were 400–395, 307–400, 400–315 and 400–386.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Everything in garden lovely for Edmonds |magazine=Snooker Scene |pages=20–21 |publisher=Everton's News Agency |issue=April 1985 }}</ref> |
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The following year, 1986, he beat both [[Bernard Bennett]] and [[Eddie Charlton]] |
The following year, 1986, he beat both [[Bernard Bennett]] and [[Eddie Charlton]] 3–0, before dropping his first game of the championship in a 3–1 defeat of the previous year's winner [[Ray Edmonds]]. In the final, he won the first game against [[Robby Foldvari]] but then lost the next three and the match.<ref name="87HALE" /> |
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In 1987, he defeated Robert Close |
In 1987, he defeated Robert Close 3–0, Ian Williamson 3–1, and [[Mark Wildman]] 3–0 to set up a rematch of the previous years final against [[Robby Foldvari|Foldvari]]. This time it was Dagley who lost the first game before going in to win the next three, and the title. Winning the 1987 professional championship meant that Dagley had completed a unique set of titles over his career – English Amateur Champion, World Amateur champion, UK Professional Champion, and World Professional Champion.<ref name="87HALE">{{cite book |last=Hale |first=Janice |date=1987 |title=Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |pages=275–293 |isbn=0-356-14690-1 }}</ref> He won £9,500, then the largest prize ever seen in billiards, for the world championship, and with his other successes that season, including the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and European titles, pocketed almost £20,000 of the nearly £50,000 total prize money on the circuit that season.<ref name="IOBIT" /> |
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Dagley retained the title in 1988. With wins over [[Mike Russell (billiards player)|Mike Russell]] |
Dagley retained the title in 1988. With wins over [[Mike Russell (billiards player)|Mike Russell]] 4–0, H. Griffiths 4–1 and Ian Williamson 4–1. He then defeated Australian veteran [[Eddie Charlton]] 7–4 in the final.<ref name="91HALE">{{cite book |last=Hale |first=Janice |date=1991 |title=Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |pages=367–378 |isbn=0-356-19747-6 }}</ref> |
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Aged 61 in 1991, he won the British Open trophy at the [[Barbican Centre]]. It was held there as part of the celebrations to mark the [[ |
Aged 61 in 1991, he won the British Open trophy at the [[Barbican Centre]]. It was held there as part of the celebrations to mark the [[wikt:bicentennial|bicentenary]] of the death of the [[composer]] [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], who was a keen player of billiards.<ref name="IOBIT" /> |
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He was married, to Nita. Dagley died in 1998 after suffering severe [[influenza]].<ref name="GOBIT" /> He is commemorated with a [[blue plaque]] in [[Earl Shilton]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Richards |first=Janice |date=4 November 2010 |title=Plaque in Earl Shilton commemorates former world champion |url=https://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/plaque-earl-shilton-commemorates-former-6034844 |work=Hinckley Times |
He was married, to Nita. Dagley died in 1998 after suffering severe [[influenza]].<ref name="GOBIT" /> He is commemorated with a [[blue plaque]] in [[Earl Shilton]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Richards |first=Janice |date=4 November 2010 |title=Plaque in Earl Shilton commemorates former world champion |url=https://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/plaque-earl-shilton-commemorates-former-6034844 |work=Hinckley Times |access-date=22 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinckleypastpresent.org/blueplaques.html#earlshilton |title=Blue Plaques |website=Hinckley Past and Present |publisher=Hinckley Past and Present |access-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022135529/http://hinckleypastpresent.org/blueplaques.html#earlshilton |archive-date=22 October 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> and there is also a street called Norman Dagley Close in the town.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=norman%20dagley%20close#map=19/52.57106/-1.32063 |title=Norman Dagley Close |website=openstreetmap.org |publisher=OpenStreetMap|access-date=22 September 2019}}</ref> |
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== Career |
== Career highlights == |
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*English Amateur billiards champion 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1982, 1984 |
*English Amateur billiards champion 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1982, 1984 |
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*CIU Champion 1964, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 |
*CIU Champion 1964, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 |
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*1987 UK Billiards Champion |
*1987 UK Billiards Champion |
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*1987 [[World Billiards Championship (English billiards)|World Professional Billiards Champion]] |
*1987 [[World Billiards Championship (English billiards)|World Professional Billiards Champion]] |
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*1988 [[World Billiards Championship (English billiards)|World Professional Billiards Champion]] |
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*1991 British Open Billiards Champion |
*1991 British Open Billiards Champion |
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{{Reflist}} |
{{Reflist}} |
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==External |
==External links== |
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*[https://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/gallery/21-top-sports-personalities-hinckley-6898836 21 top sports personalities from Hinckley] from the Hinckley Times includes a picture and brief biography of Norman Dagley. |
*[https://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/gallery/21-top-sports-personalities-hinckley-6898836 21 top sports personalities from Hinckley] from the Hinckley Times includes a picture and brief biography of Norman Dagley. |
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*[http://www.hinckleypastpresent.org/blueplaques.html#earlshilton Norman Dagley] [[Blue plaque]] |
*[http://www.hinckleypastpresent.org/blueplaques.html#earlshilton Norman Dagley] [[Blue plaque]] |
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[[Category:1930 births]] |
[[Category:1930 births]] |
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[[Category:English players of English billiards]] |
[[Category:English players of English billiards]] |
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[[Category:World champions in English billiards]] |
[[Category:World champions in English billiards]] |
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[[Category:1999 deaths]] |
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[[Category:People from Earl Shilton]] |
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Leicestershire]] |
Latest revision as of 16:55, 29 February 2024
Born | 1930 Earl Shilton, Leicestershire |
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Died | 15 January 1999 (aged 68) |
Sport country | England |
Professional | 1985–1999 |
Highest ranking | 1[1] |
Tournament wins | |
World Champion | 1971, 1976 (Amateur) 1987, 1988 (Professional) |
Norman Dagley (1930 – 15 January 1999) was an English world champion player of English billiards. He won both the world amateur and world professional titles twice.
Early career and English Amateur Championship titles
Dagley learned to play billiards from two brothers who were good amateur players, Reg and Jack Wright, in his home village of Earl Shilton. He 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. He said that this experience of not knowing what the dawn would bring gave him a perspective on the game: "After that, you don't get worked up over a game of billiards." [2]
He 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. He set many records, including a world and English championship record break of 862 and session average of 116.6 in 1978. In the 1984 final, his average was 147.7.[3] He also enjoyed success in the CIU championships, another major tournament in England, winning the title 11 times between 1964 and 1981.[4]
IBSF World Amateur Championship
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. He received a cigarette box from the Mayor of Hinckley to commemorate the second of his world championship wins.[5] He was also runner-up in 1979 to Paul Mifsud and in 1981 to Michael Ferreira.
He 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.[1]
Professional career
In his first attempt at the World Professional Championship, when the matches were played as the best of five games of 400-up, he proceeded to the 1985 final without losing a game, with 3–0 wins over Jack Fitzmaurice, Jack Karnehm and Robby Foldvari. Dagley finished as runner up to Ray Edmonds 3–1, with most games being close. The game scores (Edmonds first) were 400–395, 307–400, 400–315 and 400–386.[6]
The following year, 1986, he beat both Bernard Bennett and Eddie Charlton 3–0, before dropping his first game of the championship in a 3–1 defeat of the previous year's winner Ray Edmonds. In the final, he won the first game against Robby Foldvari but then lost the next three and the match.[7]
In 1987, he defeated Robert Close 3–0, Ian Williamson 3–1, and Mark Wildman 3–0 to set up a rematch of the previous years final against Foldvari. This time it was Dagley who lost the first game before going in to win the next three, and the title. Winning the 1987 professional championship meant that Dagley had completed a unique set of titles over his career – English Amateur Champion, World Amateur champion, UK Professional Champion, and World Professional Champion.[7] He won £9,500, then the largest prize ever seen in billiards, for the world championship, and with his other successes that season, including the UK and European titles, pocketed almost £20,000 of the nearly £50,000 total prize money on the circuit that season.[1]
Dagley retained the title in 1988. With wins over Mike Russell 4–0, H. Griffiths 4–1 and Ian Williamson 4–1. He then defeated Australian veteran Eddie Charlton 7–4 in the final.[8]
Aged 61 in 1991, he won the British Open trophy at the Barbican Centre. It was held there as part of the celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the death of the composer Mozart, who was a keen player of billiards.[1]
He was married, to Nita. Dagley died in 1998 after suffering severe influenza.[2] He is commemorated with a blue plaque in Earl Shilton,[9][10] and there is also a street called Norman Dagley Close in the town.[11]
Career highlights
- English Amateur billiards champion 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1982, 1984
- CIU Champion 1964, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
- 1971 IBSF World Billiards Champion
- 1975 IBSF World Billiards Champion
- 1979 IBSF World Billiards Championship runner-up
- 1981 IBSF World Billiards Championship runner-up
- 1985 World Professional Billiards Championship runner-up
- 1986 World Professional Billiards Championship runner-up
- 1987 World Matchplay Champion
- 1987 European Billiards Champion
- 1987 UK Billiards Champion
- 1987 World Professional Billiards Champion
- 1988 World Professional Billiards Champion
- 1991 British Open Billiards Champion
References
- ^ a b c d Baxter, Trevor (18 January 1999). "Obituary: Norman Dagley". The Independent. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ a b Everton, Clive (28 January 1999). "Norman Dagley obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker – The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 123–124. ISBN 0851124488.
- ^ "CIU Individual Billiards Championship". eaba.co.uk. English Amateur Billiards Association. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Welcome for the champ". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 19 November 1976. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Everything in garden lovely for Edmonds". Snooker Scene. No. April 1985. Everton's News Agency. pp. 20–21.
- ^ a b Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. Queen Anne Press. pp. 275–293. ISBN 0-356-14690-1.
- ^ Hale, Janice (1991). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92. Queen Anne Press. pp. 367–378. ISBN 0-356-19747-6.
- ^ Richards, Janice (4 November 2010). "Plaque in Earl Shilton commemorates former world champion". Hinckley Times. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Blue Plaques". Hinckley Past and Present. Hinckley Past and Present. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Norman Dagley Close". openstreetmap.org. OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
External links
- 21 top sports personalities from Hinckley from the Hinckley Times includes a picture and brief biography of Norman Dagley.
- Norman Dagley Blue plaque