Editing Doug Mountjoy (section)

==Early life==
Mountjoy was born on 8 June 1942,<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/NewsUK1977UKEnglish/Feb%2012%201977%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2359932%2C%20UK%20%28en%29_djvu.txt 'Snooker. Mountjoy takes two frames to level scores']. ''The Times'', 12 February 1977. Retrieved 12 November 2024</ref><ref name="WHOWHO">{{cite book |last=Morrison |first=Ian |date=1988 |title=Who's who in snooker |publisher=Hamlyn |pages=74–75 |isbn=0600557138}}</ref> in [[:cy:Tir-y-Berth|Tir-y-Berth]], [[Gelligaer]], [[Glamorgan]], Wales.<ref name="Eurosport">{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/profile-doug-mountjoy_sto2140935/story.shtml |title=Profile: Doug Mountjoy |date=3 December 2009 |publisher=[[Eurosport]] |access-date=1 April 2019 |archive-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401180258/https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/profile-doug-mountjoy_sto2140935/story.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> He was brought up just outside [[Ebbw Vale]] and worked for some years as a [[coal mining|coal miner]], playing snooker in his spare time.<ref name="Eurosport" /> At the age of 17 an underground accident trapped him for several hours when the roof collapsed; he was fortunate to escape.<ref name="theg_Doug"/>

A popular player in the [[South Wales Valleys]] as a junior, he won many amateur tournaments including two Welsh Amateur titles and the [[IBSF World Snooker Championship|World Amateur]] title in 1976,<ref name="Eurosport" /> after defeating [[Paul Mifsud]] 11–1.<ref name="WHOWHO" /> After the World Amateur victory he turned professional at the age of 34.<ref name="WST">{{cite web |url=https://wst.tv/players/doug-mountjoy/ |title=Doug Mountjoy |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=wst.tv |publisher=World Snooker |access-date=10 March 2020 |archive-date=21 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221171230/https://wst.tv/players/doug-mountjoy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>