Warren Simpson

Warren Alwyn Simpson (28 March 1922 – 28 June 1980) was an Australian snooker player. He was world amateur champion before turning professional in the early 1960s.

Career Simpson won amateur championships at state and national level before becoming world amateur champion in 1954. He played an exhibition against world professional champion Fred Davis in 1960 and later turned professional.

Simpson reached the final of the 1971 World Snooker Championship, losing 37–29 to John Spencer in a match played in Sydney, Australia in November 1970. In 1975 he lost 11-15 to Ray Reardon in the second round. His obituary in Snooker Scene said that he was a fast player, and "an easy, natural cueist with a deceptively loose style."

Performance Table Legend W won the tournament F lost in the final SF lost in the semi–finals #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament(RR = Round robin) N N = position in round-robin event A did not participate in the tournament NH event was not held

Career titles (13) New South Wales Snooker Championship: 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957 Australia National Snooker Championship: 1953, 1954, 1957 Australian Professional Championship: 1963, 1968 Australian Open: 1954, 1957