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Fred Van Rensburg

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Fred van Rensburg
Sport countrySouth Africa South Africa
Professional1965–1966

Fred "Freddie" van Rensburg was a South African professional snooker player.[1]

Career

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Rensburg challenged John Pulman for the World Championship title in early 1966. Pulman had played a series of matches against Rex Williams in South Africa in late 1965. Rensburg lost by 12 frames to 39.[2]

Van Rensburg also held the South African Professional Championship from 1950, taking the title from Peter Mans, and defending it on a challenge basis until 1965 when he lost it to Perrie Mans, son of Peter.[3][2]

References

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  1. ^ Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Rose Villa Publications. pp. 966–967. ISBN 978-0954854904.
  2. ^ a b Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker – The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 142–144. ISBN 0851124488.
  3. ^ "South African Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2017.