What is John Higgins?
{{Infobox snooker player | name = John Higgins [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] | image = John Higgins PHC 2015.jpg | caption = John Higgins at the [[2015 Paul Hunter Classic]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|5|18}} | birth_place = [[Wishaw]], [[North Lanarkshire]], [[Scotland]] | Sport country = [[Scottish]] | Professional = 1992 - present | High ranking = '''[[List of world number one snooker players|1]]''' (May 1998 - May 2000, May 2007 - May 2008, May - September 2010, December 2010 - May 2011) | Official maximums = 12 | Ranking wins = 31 | Minor wins = 3 | World champ = {{Hlist|[[1998 World Snooker Championship|1998]]|[[2007 World Snooker Championship|2007]]|[[2009 World Snooker Championship|2009]]|[[2011 World Snooker Championship|2011]]}} }} [[File:John Higgins and Peter Lines at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2013-01-30 02.jpg|thumb|John Higgins 2013]] '''John Higgins''' (born 18 May 1975) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] professional [[snooker]] player. He has won the World Championship four times. He has also lost in the final four times. In the modern snooker era only [[Stephen Hendry]], [[Steve Davis]], [[Ray Reardon]] and [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] have been world champion more often. John Higgins started his professional career in 1992. He was banned in 2010 because of a [[betting]] scandal, but successfully returned to the World Snooker Tour afterwards. == Other websites == * [http://www.snooker.org/plr/bio/jhiggins.shtml John Higgins at snooker.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118085150/http://www.snooker.org/plr/Bio/jhiggins.shtml |date=2016-01-18 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Higgins, John}} [[Category:1975 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British snooker players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from North Lanarkshire]] {{sports-bio-stub}}