Ray Reardon

Ray Reardon (born 8 October 1932) is a Welsh retired professional snooker player and coach. Reardon dominated the sport in the 1970's, and was snookers first official World Number One, holding the position from 1977 to 1981, and again from 1982 to 1983.

He won the World Snooker Championship six times (1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978), joint second (with Steve Davis) in the modern-era. He also won The Masters in 1976, and three Welsh Professional Championships.

After retiring from professional play in 1992, Reardon became a professional snooker coach and coached professionals such as Matthew Stevens (1999-2001), Mark Williams (2002-2003) and Ronnie O'Sullivan (2009-2010).