Sydney Lee (snooker player)
Sydney Lee with the Empire Trophy | |
| Born | 25 April 1910 Streatham, London |
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| Died | 10 November 1986 (aged 76) Holsworthy, Devon, England |
| Sport country | England |
| Professional | 1934–1952, 1973–1974 |
Sydney Raphael Lee (25 April 1910 – 10 November 1986) was an English professional billiards and snooker player. He was four times a quarter-finalist in the World Snooker Championship during the first half of the twentieth century. He was a snooker referee on Pot Black. He was the game consultant for a 1970 episode of Steptoe and Son entitled "Pot Black" and, as well as performing a number of trick shots was the stand-in for many of the more difficult regular shots seen in the show.