Autographs of Cliff Thorburn
Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, defeating Alex Higgins 18–16 in the final. He is generally recognised as the sport's first world champion from outside the United Kingdom—since Australian Horace Lindrum's 1952 title is usually disregarded—and he remains the only world champion from the Americas. He was runner-up in two other world championships, losing 21–25 to John Spencer in the 1977 final and 6–18 to Steve Davis in the 1983 final. At the 1983 tournament, Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break in a World Championship match, achieving the feat in his second-round encounter with Terry Griffiths.
Ranked world number one during the 1981–82 season, Thorburn was the first non-British player to top the snooker world rankings. He won the invitational Masters in 1983, 1985, and 1986, making him the first player to win the tournament three times and the first to retain the title. He retired from the main professional tour in 1996. Inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Snooker Hall of Fame in 2014, he competed later in his career in Snooker Legends events and on the World Seniors Tour, winning the 2018 Seniors Masters at the Crucible Theatre at age 70. He retired from competitive snooker after the 2022 UK Seniors Championship.
Thorburn was born on 16 January 1948 in Victoria, British Columbia. His parents separated when he was eighteen months old.: 104 He was abandoned by his mother, and after spending about two years in an orphanage during a custody dispute, was raised by his father and his paternal grandmother. He was told that his mother had died, but, aged twenty, learnt that she was still alive.
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Current items with a signature of Cliff Thorburn
These are the most current items with a signature of Cliff Thorburn that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1980 World Snooker Champion Cliff Thorburn Signed Green Snooker Baize + Cert | £59.99 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Cliff Thorburn
The most expensive item with a signature of Cliff Thorburn (Cliff Thorburn Signed Snooker Cue 1981) was sold in July 2020 for £145.00 while the cheapest item (Cliff Thorburn Hand Signed 18x12 display photo & baize Snooker World Champion) found a new owner for £0.99 in July 2023. The month with the most items sold (9) was December 2025 with an average selling price of £34.84 for an autographed item of Cliff Thorburn. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2022 with £125.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was June 2023. In average, an autographed item from Cliff Thorburn is worth £15.00.
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