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Reardon ruled snooker in the 1970s when the man known fondly as “Dracula” because of his hairstyle became a household name as he won six World Championship titles.
A miner and a policeman before turning professional, Reardon survived a serious accident in the pits when a tunnel he was working on collapsed in 1957.
He gave up playing competitively after losing in the first round of the 1957 English amateur championship before joining the Stoke-on-Trent police force in 1960.
The launch of the BBC television show Pot Black in 1969 boosted Reardon’s profile as he won the first edition in 1969.
Reardon then won his first World Championship in 1970, beating John Pulman 37-33 in the final, before winning four straight titles from 1973 to 1976.
The Welshman retired from playing in 1991, but after receiving a phone call from Ronnie O’Sullivan’s imprisoned father in 2004, Reardon agreed to mentor the youngster and helped to steer the Rocket to his second world title.
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