1975 Pot Black

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1975 Pot Black

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|dates={{Start and end dates|1974|12|28|1974|12|31|df=y}}
(broadcast {{Start and end dates|1975|01|4|1975|04|19|df=y}})

|venue= Pebble Mill Studios

|location=Birmingham

|country=England

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|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=

|winners_share= £1,000

|highest_break={{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Davis (87)

|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Miles

|runner_up={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

|score=81–27

|previous=1974

|next=1976}}

The 1975 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 28 and 31 December 1974 in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured eight professional players.{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Harry |title=The men with a secret.. |work=Birmingham Evening Mail |date=4 January 1975 |page=15}} All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 19:50 on Saturday 4 January 1975.{{cite web|title=BBC Television – 4 January 1975 – Pot Black |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1975-01-04 |website=BBC Genome Project| publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 February 2017}} Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

Dennis Taylor made his debut in this year's tournament and went on to reach the final losing to defending champion Graham Miles 81-27,{{cite web|title=BBC Television – 19 April 1975 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1975-04-19 |website=BBC Genome Project| publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 February 2017}} making him the third player in a row to win back to back titles after John Spencer and Eddie Charlton.{{Cite web|url=http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1975/893|title = CueTracker - 1975 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database}}