Ray Reardon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ray Reardon

Welsh snooker player

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1932

Place of Birth: Tredegar, Wales, United Kingdom

Profession: snooker player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Raymond Reardon, (born 8 October 1932) is a Welsh retired snooker player who dominated the sport in the 1970s, winning six World Championships.
He is widely considered as one of the greatest players of all time.
His dark widow's peak and sharp-toothed grin earned him the nickname "Dracula". Reardon was world champion in 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1978, and was world runner-up in 1982.
In 1969 he became the inaugural winner of Pot Black.
Reardon was snooker's first dominant force of the modern era and was the first number one ranked player, when rankings were introduced in the 1976/77 season- holding that spot for the next five years.
His dominance during the 1970s prefigured that of Steve Davis in the 1980s and Stephen Hendry in 1990s.
He regained the number one ranking in 1982, but thereafter his form declined, and he dropped out of the elite top-16 ranked players after the 1986/87 season.
He retired from the professional game in 1992.
Reardon remained one of snooker's top players into his 50s, and thus set a number of records which still stand.
He is snooker's oldest world champion (in 1978, aged 45 years and 203 days), the oldest player to win the Masters (in 1976, aged 43 years and 114 days), the oldest player to win a ranking event (in 1982, 50 years and 14 days), and the oldest player to hold the number one ranking (1982, 50 years old).
Reardon also worked with Ronnie O'Sullivan in a coaching role, helping him to win the 2004 World Championship title.