Manuel Francisco, who died in 2020 aged 84, was a South African professional
snooker
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and
billiards
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player who won the
South African amateur Snooker Championship 6 times.
Francisco came from a snooker-playing family. His brother
Silvino and eldest son
Peter
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both played at a high level, Silvino himself winning the amateur title 4 times, and Peter having risen to the
world ranking of number 14.
He won the national billiard championships 14 times since his first victory in 1959. Francisco came second in the world amateur billiard championships in 1969. He was the first double Springbok in snooker and billiards and set a world record for amateurs in 1965 with a break of 518.
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South African snooker players
South African people of Hispanic descent
Year of birth missing
Place of birth missing
2020 deaths
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