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There are arguably few stars who have captured the hearts of sports fans like Jimmy White. Jimmy is considered the most talented snooker player never to have won the World Championship. He was runner-up on no less than six occasions between 1984 and 1994. This is the amazing story of his remarkable sporting life.
Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White is Britain's best-loved snooker player. A one-time ragamuffin straight out of the pages of Charles Dickens, he has enthralled audiences worldwide for three decades with his electrifying brilliance, winning ten world-ranking events - although, heartbreakingly, he has lost six Crucible World Championship finals. In this in-depth, warts-and-all biography, die-hard fan Aubrey Malone examines White's background, his illiteracy, drinking and tempestuous relationship with his wife Maureen, set against his incredible rise to the top in snooker's halcyon days of the 1980s. There are tales of Jimmy using a walking stick to make a century break at his local snooker hall, his battles with the twin demons of drink and the yips, and how he nearly lost the world trophy, despite never having won it! But in the end it is White's obsession with winning, and his astonishing ability on the baize, often against all the odds, that shines through.
After Hurricane Higgins crashed out of snooker's top league, Jimmmy White has been the `People's Champion' even though he never quite made the top World spot, pipped at the post in 1995 by Stephen Hendry, after missing one single black. Aged 16, White was the youngest player to win the English Amateur Championship. At 18, he won the World Amateur title. By 1984, he's a professional success, married but not at all settled. He's the kind of man who goes out for a packet of cigarettes and comes home two weeks later. Gambling, women, marathon binges with showbiz friends like Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones, have threatened the stability of his marriage. But somehow White has survived, to tell in candid detail, a most unusual, often outrageous story of a very sporting life.
The Whirlwind! - Jimmy White
The autobiography of snooker player Jimmy White, 10-time ranking event winner and 6-time World Championship runner-up.
Notebook by Kensington Press. Perfect for writing notes, letters and journaling. High quality white lined paperback. 100 pages per book. Size A4 approximately (8.5" x 11"). Finished in a stunning glossy cover to protect against marks.
James "Jimmy" Warren White, MBE, born on 2nd May 1962, Tooting, London, England, UK, is a professional snooker player, still competing with an invitational tour card. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind," because of his fast, attacking style of play, often being referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a 6 time World Championship finalist, the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 Six-red Grand Prix champion, 2010 World Seniors Champion and 1984 World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins. Jimmy's title wins include the UK Championship, the Masters and the Nations Cup. A 2-time winner of both the World Cup and the British Open, White was the first left-handed player, and second player overall, to record a maximum break at the World Championship.
Ronnie O' Sullivan & Jimmy White, illustrated colour biography.