Alex Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010) was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history.
As volatile and trigger-happy as Doc Holliday in a Dodge City saloon, Alex Higgins was a gambler and a gunfighter - a stiff-shafted, 56-inch Burwat Champion snooker cue his firearm of choice. An ...