| FORUMS > Warrington Wolves > Very Sad News. Snooker legend Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins dies. |
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For sale full Saints kit (circa 1989). Shirts in pristine condition, but shorts badly soiled.
For 27 - 0 you get a trophy
For 75 - 0 you get sod all.
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I used to really respect the man until I saw him in Manchester Airport. I was flying out on business and saw a child (8 to 10 years old) ask him politely for his autograph.
Higgins pushed the kid out of the way and went to the bar.
Great player but shole.
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Great player who served the game as a spectacle.... rip
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| Quote: Rogues Gallery "I used to really respect the man until I saw him in Manchester Airport. I was flying out on business and saw a child (8 to 10 years old) ask him politely for his autograph.
Higgins pushed the kid out of the way and went to the bar.
Great player but shole.'"
bit like joe lydon then?
did alex have a criminal record like ellery hanley?? |
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Are you trying to say that EH was not involved in any criminal activity????
Please stop lAUGHING AT THE BACK!!!
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The classic 'flawed genius', George Best of Snooker.
He made snooker entertaining, great player. Don't know the man, never met him so couldnt comment on him in terms of being a decent bloke.
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| Quote: Rogues Gallery "I used to really respect the man until I saw him in Manchester Airport. I was flying out on business and saw a child (8 to 10 years old) ask him politely for his autograph.
Higgins pushed the kid out of the way and went to the bar.
Great player but shole.'"
Well, it would have been the kids dad wanting his autograph and using his kid to get it, i dont know who higgins is, my mate text me before something about he potted 8 blacks or something |
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| At least now Dennis Taylor won't be looking over his shoulder. 
R.I.P Alex |
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A tortured soul and a very sad figure in the end. We all have our flaws, his killed him. RIP
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RIP.
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it is sad..the gazza of snooker
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The second of my sporting heroes to die in the last few years (Mike Gregory), and Seve Ballesteros is not at all well. Sad day indeed.
Top player, Higgins. I remember UKFinal in about '83, when he was 6-0 down, and wen't on to beat Steve "Interesting" Davis 17-16 in the best game of snooker I've ever seen.
Legend.
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The sport could do with a few more like him, it might liven it up again.
True sporting legend
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| Quote: Ulster Wire "At least now Dennis Taylor won't be looking over his shoulder. ![]()
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Apparently Higgins used to live in Warrington -anyone confirm this ?
I heard that he was a regular at one Warrington pub (The Royal Oak Branch IIRC) and used to practise his snooker there. In exchange for a couple of pints he'd take on the regulars - thereby getting his practice in as well as his ale.
Also as mentioned in above posts, had also heard that he wasn't keen on giving autographs, mainly because it was a one way process that he didn't get any benefit from. So he used to charge a couple of quid for them, so that both parties got what they wanted - some beer money for him, and a potentially valuable autograph for the fan.
This just what I'd heard from someone in Warrington that knew him, so can't vouch for whether it's correct or not - anyone any more anecdotes?
RIP Snooker Legend, they don't make them like they used to.
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