Leon Heywood

Leon Heywood

Born	(1952-05-26)26 May 1952
Died	2014
Sport country	Australia
Professional	1983–1988
Highest ranking	77

Leon Heywood (26 May 1952 – 2014) was an Australian professional snooker player.^[1][2]

Career

Heywood grew up in Adelaide,^[2] and was runner-up to Ron Atkins in the Australian National Snooker Championships in 1976.^[3] Both players represented Australia at the 1976 IBSF World Snooker Championship, where Heywood won only one of his seven group matches.^[4]

In a 1979 match against Graham Miles, Heywood became the first Australian amateur player to make a maximum break.^[5]

Heywood was accepted as a professional by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) in 1983.^[6] He played ten matches as a professional, but did not win any of them.^[1] His first match was a 7–10 defeat by George Scott in the first qualifying round of the 1984 World Snooker Championship, and his last match ended in a 4–6 defeat by Ian Anderson at the 1987 Australian Professional Championship.^[1] The highest ranking that he achieved was 80th.^[1] Heywood died in 2014.^[2]

References

1. Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. p. 848. ISBN 978-0954854904.
2. Campion, Patrick (28 March 2014). "Tribute to Leon Heywood". City Tattersalls Club. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. "Past Champions". Australian Billiards and snooker Council. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
4. Everton, Clive (1985). Snooker: The Records. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 150. ISBN 0851124488.
5. "Maximum snooker break by amateur". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 March 1979. p. 31.
6. "The new professionals". Cue World. Mitcham Junction: Transworld Publications. August 1983. p. 5.