"Hurricane Higgins"

Alexander Gordon Higgins was a Northern Irish professional snooker player known as "Hurricane Higgins" for his impressive speed of play. He was a former World Doubles champion when he was teaming up with Jimmy White. He was always credited for how he boosted the game of snooker's popularity. He won 20 titles as a snooker player through his career and he won the Masters twice against Cliff Thorburn and against Terry Griffiths. Steve Davis described  him as the "one true genius that snooker has produced. He died in July 2010 at the age of 61 years.