Alex Higgins unbelievebale 147 try (Almost)!! Fast playing at his best

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  @cubesanthony720 · 5 years ago

  RIP Alex , still The most incredible. Player. ever lived .. RIP King

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  @Rayfaedundee · 4 years ago

  No one will ever fill Alex Higgins shoes.  ..   he was a one in a million snooker player.  Sadly missed but will never be forgotten

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• PA

  @patrickcrowther9195 · 1 year ago

  He was so extraordinary, his whole approach to striking the ball looked wrong, but somehow his unconventional technique just worked. That's genius for you, I suppose.

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• TA

  @TablaUK · 9 years ago

  A genius and a natural. We miss you Alex. We miss the Hurricane.

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  @BearRyan · 9 years ago

  My favourite player of all time.  He made it look so easy and entertaining was his number 1 priority.  Long live Alex.  You're greatly missed.

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• AU

  @augustus4047 · 10 years ago

  There's no getting away from it - there's never been another like him.

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  @joshuameighan344 · 5 years ago

  Alex Higgins and Jimmy White in my eyes were legends of snooker so incredibly talented and great to watch. It's a real shame Jimmy never won the championship him and Alex were electric and great friends.

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  @tonybabb6058 · 11 months ago

  I WATCHED HIM AT WESTWARD HO! IN THE 70S AND MADE A 147 IN 6.5MINS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT PLAYER R.I.P.ALEX

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• TI

  @tigerarmyrule · 7 years ago

  All these years ( indeed decades ) later and watching on grainy old footage you can still almost feel the electric tension and nervous energy Higgins brought to the table.

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• PA

  @paulbanks223 · 10 years ago

  Alex, he wasn't consistent but if your life depended on one ball or one break there was only really one man for the job, he didn't pull rabbits out of hats he pulled blue whales out. He often took the wrong shot but in doing so produced that whale and you never knew when it was going to appear. Sure he was far from perfect  but what was good about him was pure magic. It was really nice to see Hendry at his funeral, he knew what Alex had given snooker. Snooker is what it is today and most the players we have are due to Alex's influence his stuff the odds this goes style of play, he played like he lived, there is no tomorrow just the moment.,and we were so lucky to share some of them.

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  @mikeyp96 · 7 years ago

  Unbelievable watching this now - the way he played was nothing short of insane by today's standards. Tremendously entertaining though, and thanks to him, snooker was the number 1 TV sport in the mid-1980s. I feel lucky to have grown up watching these guys, as opposed the robots we have today. RIP Alex. "Madman, but genius... with a cue."

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  @pearcegreatesteverleftback03 · 7 years ago

  Very sorely missed. Snooker hasn't been the same without the Hurricane RIP Alex 👑 Snooker Genius

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