Ian Black (11 December 195425 October 2006) was a professional

snooker Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sports, cue sport played on a Billiard table#Snooker and English billiards tables, rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six Billiard table#Pockets 2, pockets, one at each corner and o ...

player from

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

. Black had 11 seasons on the world snooker tour from 1981 to 1992, and achieved a best ranking of 47th. He won the 1981

Scottish Professional Championship The Scottish Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which was open only for Scottish players. The final champion was John Higgins. History The Scottish Professional Championship was held in Edinburgh in Dece ...

defeating Matt Gibson 11–7 in the final. In 1982 he reached the final again, losing 11–7 to

Eddie Sinclair Eddie Sinclair (5 May 1937 – January 2005) was a Scottish professional snooker player. Career Sinclair turned professional in 1979 at the relatively advanced age of 42, reaching a high ranking of 26th in 1982 and holding that position for tw ...

Death

Black died 25 October 2006 aged 51.

References

2006 deaths Scottish snooker players 1954 births {{UK-snooker-bio-stub