What is Joe Johnson (snooker player)?
{{Infobox snooker player | name = Joe Johnson |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|7|29|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Bradford]], England |death_date = |death_place = | Sport country = {{ENG}} | Professional = 1979–2004 | High ranking = 5 ([[Snooker world rankings 1987/1988|1987–88]]) | Official maximums = | Ranking wins = 1 | World champ = [[1986 World Snooker Championship|1986]] }} '''Joe Johnson''' (born 29 July 1952) is an English former [[snooker]] player. He also did snooker commentary for [[Eurosport]]. He became the British under-19 champion in 1971. He was an [[amateur]], defeating [[Tony Knowles (snooker player)|Tony Knowles]] in the final. He reached the final of both the [[English Amateur Championship]] and [[World Amateur Snooker Championship]] in 1978. He turned professional in 1979. He reached his first ranking final at the 1983 [[Professional Players Tournament]] (losing to Knowles), and reached the semi-finals of the [[Classic (snooker)|1985 Classic]]. Johnson began the [[1986 World Snooker Championship]] as a 150–1 outsider. He was not likely to win the event. He had first-round losses in both of his previous attempts. He reached the final, and defeated [[Steve Davis]] in the final 18{{nbnd}}12. This was his only ranking win of his career. The following year, at the [[1987 World Snooker Championship]]. In the final, he lost 14–18 to Davis. He was professional until 2005, when he retired at age 53 after breaking his ankle. Johnson later competed on the [[World Seniors Tour]], where he won the 2019 Seniors Masters. ==Life== Johnson was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This is Your Life]]''. He was a guest on the celebrity sports quiz ''[[A Question of Sport]]'' in 1986.<ref>{{cite news |title=Across the county |newspaper=[[Lincolnshire Echo]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincolnshire-echo-across-the-county/130906721/ |date=11 December 1986 |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Question of Sport |u