- Jackie Rea
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Name = Jackie Rea
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Born = Birth date and age|1921|4|6|df=y
Birthplace =County Tyrone
Nationality = Northern Irish
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Professional = 1947-1991
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World championship = Runner up: 1957Jack 'Jackie' Rea (born 6 April 1921,
Dungannon ,County Tyrone ,Northern Ireland ) is a retiredsnooker player fromNorthern Ireland . He was a commando during the Second World War.Fact|date=May 2007He won every Northern Irish professional title from 1947 to 1972 apart from 1950 until the emergence of
Alex Higgins andDennis Taylor .His best performance was winning the 1955 News of the World Championship beating
Joe Davis in the final. He was also runner up in the 1957 World Matchplay Championship losing toJohn Pulman .He was one of the original players in the
Pot Black series from 1969. Rea was in his prime during a period when snooker players had to rely on exhibition bookings for their income. He made his exhibitions attractive by using comedy during them thereby influencing later player such asJohn Virgo andDennis Taylor Tournament wins
* Northern Ireland Professional Champion 1947-49, 1951-72
*News of the World Championship 1955
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