Jimmy White News
10 February 2005: Jimmy White turns Brown
I've just looked at The Betfair odds for the Snooker Masters and you can get about 70/1 on somebody called J. White to win the snooker Masters. The trouble is that there is no player of that name!
Jimmy White has changed his name by deedpole to Jimmy Brown as a result of HP Sauce's decision to sponsor the brown ball at next week's Masters.
Jimmy will keep the name for the whole of the event, and possibly the world snooker championship.
"It's an idea that's put the fun back into snooker," said Jimmy White - oops, Jimmy Brown.
Biogs.com apologises for our laziness but we do not intend to reindex Jimmy under Brown instead of White, especially as he plans to become Mr White again.
Our plans may have to change though because Jimmy says:
"If I win the Masters I might keep it that way! I'll just go through the tournament and go from there.
"The Godfather of Soul! I like it. Who knows - I might be James Brown for the rest of my career."
See also Jimmy White's biography.