I’m a former World Snooker Champion and quit my farm job to play – my boss chased me down the road when I resigned [Video]

CLIFF THORBURN was chased by his old boss after quitting his job to play snooker full-time.

Eleven years before he won the 1980 World Snooker Championships, the Canadian cueist decided to try to make ends meet by picking tobacco.

But he soon realised the arduous gig wasn’t for him and quit after just a day – using his pay as his stake in a tournament that night.

And the farmer who gave him the job – which paid a mere £9.40 (CA$16.51) a day – blew a gasket after he dropped the bombshell news.

Thorburrn, now 77, told the Henley Standard: “In 1969 I hadn’t won a major tournament yet and I was 21.

“I …