Michael Price (born 2 June 1966) is a retired English professional

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He was

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's opponent when O'Sullivan scored the fastest 147 break in the game's history, at the 1997 World Championship.

Career

From

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, he started playing snooker at the age of five years-old. He turned professional ahead of the 1988-1989 season having finished fourth in the pro-ticket series and winning a play-off 10-4 against David Greaves. At the 1990 Benson & Hedges Satellite Championships, Price became only the third player to compile three consecutive century breaks in professional competition, when making contributions of 139, 137, 100 in beating former World number 2 Tony Knowles 5–4. Along with 1997, he also qualified for the World Championships in

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

and

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, reaching the second round in 1992 by beating

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10–6 in the first round before losing in the second round, 10–13, to

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. In 1996, he lost to McManus again in the first round, 8–10. He peaked at #17 in the world rankings and remained in the top 32 until 1999. Price's best performance at a ranking event came at the 1993 European Open, where he beat

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, Joe Johnson and

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to reach the semi-finals, where he lost 3–6 against reigning World Champion

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. He was

's opponent when O'Sullivan scored the fastest 147 break in the game's history, at the 1997 World Championship. He retired from Snooker in 2004.

Personal life

Whilst playing snooker Price sported distinctive "Dennis Taylor" style spectacles. He later became a maths teacher, and continued to play local league snooker in the Midlands.

References

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