Warren Alwyn Simpson (28 March 1922 â 28 June 1980) was an Australian snooker player. He was world amateur champion before turning professional in the early 1960s.
Simpson won amateur championships at state and national level before becoming world amateur champion in 1954. He played an exhibition against world professional champion Fred Davis in 1960 and later turned professional. He won the Australian Professional Championship in 1963 and again in 1968; the latter was the only edition from 1964 to 1984 not won by Eddie Charlton.
Simpson reached the final of the 1971 World Snooker Championship, losing 37âÂÂ29 to John Spencer in a match played in Sydney, Australia in November 1970. He competed in three further World Championships between 1973 and 1975. He lost to Gary Owen 14-16 in the second round in 1973. In 1974, despite suffering from influenza, he discharged himself from hospital to play in his match against Bernard Bennett, but lost 8âÂÂ2. In 1975 he lost 11-15 to Ray Reardon in the second round.
He suffered from diabetes for many years and died at Toowoon Bay in 1980, aged 58. He was married to Mabs, and had a son, John. His obituary in Snooker Scene said that he was a fast player, and "an easy, natural cueist with a deceptively loose style."