For the California governor often called "Joe Davis" by his critics, see
Gray Davis. Joe Davis, OBE (born 15 April, 1901 in Whitwell, Derbyshire,
England; died 10 July, 1978 in Hampshire, England) was an English
professional player of English billiards and later snooker. Joe's brother
Fred, twelve years his junior, was also a snooker player and multiple
World Champion. When Joe met Fred in the world championship final of 1940,
Joe won 37-36.
Joe Davis became a professional billards player at the age of 18, having
won the Chesterfield Championship aged 13. In 1926 he reached his first
World Billiards final. After developing an interest in snooker he helped
to organise the first snooker world championship in 1927 and won the
tournament by beating Tom Dennis 20-10, for which he won £6 10s. He went
on to win every world championship until 1946, when he retired from the
event. He continued to play professionally until 1964. Davis was
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