The Peoples Champion
Higgins always maintained he was loved by the public.
Lets see how the results of the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year bears him out with regard to how snooker players have faired.
Steve Davis
Winner: 1988
Second: 1981, 1987
Third: 1984, 1989
Steven Hendry
Second: 1990
Alex Higgins
Second: 1982
Hardly "The Peoples Champion".
"Thank God For Darwin"