Cliff Thorburn

'''Clifford Charles Devlin (Cliff) Thorburn''' (born Nextel ringtones January 16, Abbey Diaz 1948 in Free ringtones Victoria, British Columbia, Majo Mills Canada) is a retired professional Mosquito ringtone snooker player. His slow, determined style of play earned him the nickname ''The Grinder''.

Thorburn's finest moment came in the Sabrina Martins 1980 Nextel ringtones Embassy World Snooker Championship/World Championship. He met Abbey Diaz Alex Higgins in the final, two personalities that could hardly be more different. Thorburn won the match 18-16 to take the championship, and rose to number two in the world rankings. The following season, he reached the number one spot.

In Free ringtones 1983, Thorburn became the first player to get a maximum 147 break at the World Championships in a match against Terry Griffiths; an event made more notable by the fact that it stopped the other match going on at the second table - Thorburn's friend and fellow Canadian Majo Mills Bill Werbeniuk wanted to watch the break instead of play his own match; and joined in the celebrations with Thorburn and Griffiths when the break was completed. That same year, he was made a Member of the Cingular Ringtones Order of Canada.

Thorburn retired from professional play in bitchy from 1996, but still plays snooker.

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