Alexander
Gordon was also known by his nickname of Hurricane Higgins. He was 61 years old
when he died. He was from N. Ireland. He promoted the game publicly and it had
an outstanding peak in popularity in the eighties. He got 20 titles in his
life. He played against Reardon, but for the Masters, he beat Cliff Thorburn to
win the Master in 1978. His doubles partner was Jimmy White. Actually in Clive Everton’s TV documentary
about the sport they described Higgins as the “one true genius that snooker has
produced”.
