John Parrott

John Stephen Parrott (born 11 May 1964) is an English former professional snooker player, who won the 1991 World Snooker Championship. He rose to prominence in the mid to late 1980s and remained within the top 16 of the world rankings for fourteen consecutive seasons. He twice reached the final of the World Snooker Championship. In 1989, he lost 3‍–‍18 to Steve Davis, the heaviest defeat in a world championship final in modern times. In 1991, he beat Jimmy White 18‍–‍11 to claim his first, and only, world title. Later the same year, he defeated White again to win the 1991 UK Championship title. This made Parrott the third player ever to win both championships in the same calendar year (after Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry); he is still one of only six players to have achieved this feat. The following year, he lost to White in the final of the 1992 UK Championship. Parrott reached the final of the Masters on three occasions, losing to Hendry each time. He reached his highest position of second in the world rankings in 1989‍–‍90, 1992‍–‍93, and 1993‍–‍94. He is one of several players to have achieved more than 200 competitive century breaks during his career, with 221. Following his playing career, Parrott became a commentator and pundit for the BBC. In addition, he was a regular team captain on the BBC quiz show A Question of Sport.