Peter Francisco

Quick Facts

Full Name	Peter Francisco
Occupation	Snooker Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 13, 1962(1962-02-13)
Age	62
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Stellenbosch
Horoscope	Aquarius

Peter Francisco Biography

Peter Francisco is one of the most popular and richest Snooker Player who was born on February 13, 1962 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Peter Francisco (born 14 February 1962 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a former South African professional snooker player who took home the African Snooker Championship 4 times and the South African Snooker Championship 8 times. He also won the South African Billiards Championship 13 times as an amateur as well as a professional.

Francisco took part in the Six-red World Championship in 2015 with five matches played within his team. He was defeated 1-5 by Marco Fu and Jamie Clarke 3-3 against Mark Williams and 4-5 to the eventual champion Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. He was eliminated following the group stage. However, he was able to beat Darren Paris 5-1 to record his first win in a competitive match following a win of 10-8 over Mick Price in the 1995 World Championship.

In June 2013 he won the ABSF African Snooker Championship.

Peter Francisco Net Worth

Peter Francisco is one of the richest Snooker Player from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peter Francisco 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Francisco became a professional in 1984 and made it to in the last stages of the World Snooker Championship on five occasions in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1992. He made it to the semifinals at two ranking events, The 1986 International Open and the 1987 Grand Prix.

In 1995, Francisco fell 10-2 to Jimmy White in the opening stage in the World Snooker Championship against Jimmy White. There were a lot of bets that bet the score was going to be 10-2 in the favor of White and this was the result. Betting was banned on this match between the South African shortly before it started and a World Snooker Association panel analysed the game and then exiled Francisco from playing for five years after failing to conduct his business in a manner that is which was consistent with his position as a professional athlete. In the same hearing, Francisco was not found to be guilty of match manipulating. After five years, his ban, He briefly returned to his professional career in 2000, but he failed to have any impression.

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Who is Peter Francisco Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Peter Ranked on the list of most popular Snooker Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Peter Francisco celebrates birthday on February 13 of every year.

Did Peter Francisco carry a cannon?

Francisco beat off attackers and carried the 1,100-pound cannon barrel on his shoulders off the battlefield so it could be saved.

What was Peter Francisco known for?

Best known for wielding a six-foot broadsword Francisco a member of the Virginia Continental Line, gained mythic status at the Battle of Camden, South Carolina where during the tumult of the collapse of the American Line Francisco spied an American cannon, mired in mud, about to be captured by the British.

Is the Peter Francisco story true?

Parts of the story are true ; the muster rolls of Francisco’s regiment verify that he was assigned to the Light Infantry, and Francisco claimed that he was he was part of a Forlorn Hope in another affidavit. [9] He also described his nine-inch bayonet wound to his abdomen in at least two pension applications.

How tall is Peter Francisco?

In the summer of 1780, after the war had moved to the South, he joined a militia company led by Captain William Mayo and marched to join General Horatio Gates’ army. Full-grown at 20 years of age, Peter was said to have stood 6 feet, 6 inches tall and to have weighed about 260 pounds.

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Peter Francisco
Born| Pedro FranciscoJuly 9, 1760 Porto Judeu, Terceira, Archipelago of the Azores, Portuguese Empire
Died| January 16, 1831 (aged 70) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Resting place| Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Other names| Virginia Giant, Giant of the Revolution, Virginia Hercules