Canadian Bill Werberbeiuk at The Embassy World Snooker Tournament, Crucible Theatre Sheffield in


William Werbeniuk Was The Biggest Lad In Sporting History

William Alexander Werbeniuk was a Canadian professional snooker and pool player. Recognisable for his girth, he was nicknamed "Big Bill". Werbeniuk was a four-time World Championship quarter-finalist and also a UK Championship semi-finalist, reaching a career high world ranking of #8 for the 1983-84 season.


Wild life of snooker icon 'Big Bill' Werbeniuk who would drink 40 to 50 pints a day Daily Star

1991 UK Championship. Round 4. 0. 1991 Grand Prix. Round 4. 0. Total. 250. Snooker player Bill Werbeniuk's professional Match results, Frame scores, centuries, prize money, statistics from season 1991-1992 - Snooker Database of Results & Statistics.


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Bill Werbeniuk, the 20-stone snooker star who prepared for matches by drinking eight pints of lager followed by a pint for every frame, has died at the age of 56. The Canadian, who helped.


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Updated 26/04/2016 at 19:56 GMT Before his World Championship quarter-final got under way against Barry Hawkins at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, Marco Fu told Desmond Kane about how fans'.


Ray Reardon opens up about remarkable career in snooker Daily Mail Online

© 2023 Google LLC This is a new series looking at the mavericks of snooker. We start with the legendary Canadian player Bill Werbeniuk.#snooker#thecrucible


Bill Werbeniuk at the World Snooker Championships. Photo d'actualité Getty Images

Former Canadian snooker star Bill Werbeniuk has died of heart failure at the age of 56. Along with Cliff Thorburn and Kirk Stevens, 'Big Bill' as he was often known formed a powerful trio of.


Wild life of snooker icon 'Big Bill' Werbeniuk who would drink 40 to 50 pints a day Daily Star

Fri 24 Jan 2003 08.16 EST Bill Werbeniuk, who has died aged 56, was a cult hero in the world of snooker, known for his prodigious consumption of lager. Four times a quarter-finalist in the.


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22 January 2003 • 12:40am. Former snooker player Bill Werbeniuk has died of heart failure. Along with Cliff Thorburn and Kirk Stevens, 'Big Bill' as he was often known formed a powerful trio of.


William Werbeniuk Was The Biggest Lad In Sporting History

Snooker legend 'Big Bill' Werbeniuk was a four-time World Championships quarter-finalist but perhaps best known for his notorious antics at the table. He once drank an incredible 76 cans of.


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Werbeniuk's era was the golden age of Canadian snooker - Cliff Thorburn and Kirk Stevens were also ranked in the top eight in the World in the early 1980s. Thorburn won the 1980 World.


Bill Werbeniuk Snooker Legend Official Website of Snooker Central

Despite looking like one of Harry Enfield's scousers with his tight curly hair and moustache, Canadian snooker ace Big Bill Werbeniuk was a great drinker—maybe the greatest. He'd sup eight pints before he even stepped out with his cue, then continue drinking through the frames.


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Cliff Thorburn has led the tributes to fellow Canadian snooker player Bill Werbeniuk, who has died of heart failure at the age of 56. Werbeniuk, who died on Monday in Vancouver, spent the last.


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Former snooker player Bill Werbeniuk has died of heart failure in Canada at the age of 56. Werbeniuk, who passed away on Monday in Vancouver, spent the last three years of his life in.


Snooker legend 'Big Bill' Werbeniuk once drank 76 cans of lager in the middle of a match Daily

Bill was a legend, drinker, smoker, classy snooker player, a naturally likeable man and I would love to have met him. Reg Ollis, England My friends and I grew up watching Bill Werbeniuk and wishing we could play like him - hitting miracle shots and smiling as if it was second nature when they came off.


The Canadian Pool Hall Gamblers Who Stormed the UK Snooker Scene VICE

William Alexander Werbeniuk ( / ˌwɜːrbɛˈnɪk / WURR-ben-IK; 14 January 1947 - 20 January 2003) was a Canadian professional snooker and pool player. Recognisable for his girth, he was nicknamed " Big Bill ".


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Bill Werbeniuk. Posted on December 20, 2015 by Snooker Canada in In Memoriam. Recognized for his girth, his nickname was "Big Bill", and he played professional snooker from 1973-1990. Originally from Winnepeg, Werbeniuk was noted for the large amounts of alcohol he consumed before and during matches - between 30 and 50 pints of lager.

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