Graham Miles

Infobox Snooker player
Name = Graham Miles


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Born = Birth date and age|1941|5|11|df=y
Birthplace = Birmingham
Nationality = flagicon|England English
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Professional = 1969–1992
High ranking = #5 (1977/78)
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Best finish = "Runner-up": 1974 World Championship
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Other wins = 3

Graham Miles (born 11 May, 1941 in Birmingham, UK) is a retired English snooker player.

Miles turned professional in 1969 after a relatively unsuccessful amateur careerFact|date=May 2008. He first gained recognition in 1974, when he reached the final of the World Championship. Although he lost 22-12 to Ray Reardon, this turned out to be the highlight of his career. He won Pot Black in 1974 (after entering as a late replacement for Fred Davis, who withdrew because of illness), and again in 1975, but had little subsequent success. Other notable moments in Miles's career included the runner-up spot in the 1976 Masters, again losing to Reardon, and what was then a championship record break of 139 in the 1978 UK Championship. In 1979, he reached the final of the inaugural World Team Cup along with John Spencer and Fred Davis, only to be beaten by Wales. His last major title was the Tolly Cobbold Classic in 1981, when he beat Cliff Thorburn 5-1 in Ipswich. During the 1980s, he slid down the rankings and he last played at the World Championship in 1984. Miles is left-eyed and has a large chin, so had one of the most distinctive styles in snooker to line up his left eye with the cue. The cue runs beneath his left ear, his chin hanging far over his cue; as he strikes the cue ball, the cue brushes his left cheek. Cite web
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accessdate = 2008-04-09] He retired in 1992. After stopping playing, he ran two snooker clubs at Sandwell, West Midlands, and one at Crewe, Cheshire. However, he did play at the Seniors Pot Black competition in 1997.

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