Herbert Holt (snooker player)
.jpg) Holt with his wife | |
| Born | 1 June 1909 Simonstone, Lancashire, England |
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| Died | 22 February 2002 (aged 92) |
| Sport country |  England |
Herbert Holt (1 June 1909 – 22 February 2002) was an English professional snooker player.
Career
[edit]Herbert Holt was born on 1 June 1909 in Simonstone, Lancashire.[1] His father was Willie Holt, a professional billiards player and manufacturer who invented "rail pockets" that largely replaced the "bag" style of pockets.[2]
Holt played in the qualifying for the 1938 World Snooker Championship, beating Charles Read 21-10 before losing 8–23 to Fred Davis. He entered the World Championship several times after that, lastly in 1950, but never progressed beyond the quarter-finals.[3]
He was a body double for Laurence Olivier in Sleuth and for Roger Moore in The Persuaders. He set up a billiard table and cue sorts equipment business in the 1930s and sold billiard tables to celebrities including Michael Caine, John Lennon and Tom Jones. He established a snooker club in Great Windmill Street in the 1960s that went on to host the English Amateur Championship and Women's Billiards Association events.[2]
Holt died on 22 February 2002, aged 92.[2]