Horace Lindrum
Personal Information
Date of birth	15th January, 1912
Nationality	Australian Nephew of Walter Lindrum whose stunning break at billiards of 4,137, forced the change in the Rules of the Game. Horace's great grandfather, Friedrich Wilhelm Von Lindrum, was Australia's first Professional Billiards Champion having defeated the English Master, John Roberts Snr. in 1869. His grandfather, Frederick William II, tutored his sons, Frederick Lindrum III, and Walter, and his grandson, Horace. Collectively they are the GREATEST BILLIARD PLAYING FAMILY OF ALL TIME.
Career
Professional	50 year career. First to put Cue Sports on television, London, 1936. First to make World Records Billiard break under new rules, Scotland. Only man to make 1000 Snooker Centuries, some in a world record time of 2 1/2 to 4 minutes. First to make Snooker breaks of 131, 133, 139, 141. Only player to have held British, South African, Indian, New Zealand and Australian Snooker records simultaneously. Australian Professional Billiards and Snooker Champion for over 33 years.
Best World Ranking	Prior to ranking system.
World Championship Best	runner-up (1936, 1937, 1946) winner (BA&CC) (1952)
Highest Break	147 - one of only three Australians to have made the maximum possible 147.

Horace Lindrum was an Australian professional snooker and billiards player.

He was the nephew of Walter Lindrum, a world champion billiards player.

Lindrum was runner un three times in the World Snooker Championships between 1936 and 1946 by Joe Davis. In 1952, he played World Professional Billiards Champion, New Zealander, Clark McConarchy for the Title. The OFFICIAL TITLE in 1952 was the event run by the Governing Body, the Billiards Association & Control Council Horace won the BA&CC organised event by beating Clark McConachy 94-49.

The British try to discount Horace's win in 1952 but, at the time, the British tabloid branded the British players 'The Bully Boys of Sport' and Lindrum and McConarchy two of the greatest sporting heroes of all time. They put their SPORT before moneymaking. The British players set up a private company to make money from the sport and turned their backs on the association. The Governing Body was the Billiards Association and Control Council and the rules of the sport were the property of this body.

Horace and McConarchy played 148 frames of snooker on a championship table compared to 11 today. Today the pocket openings are larger than in 1952.

Horace Lindrum raised hundreds of thousands of dollars during his 50 year career for charities, hospitals, schools, throughout the World.

He was described as the most travelled sportsman, all done on his own capital resources. Letters of praise from Billiard and Snooker Associations across the World are held by his family and will shortly be released to the public.