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One Dart 1962 England: Peter Masson: 1945 2010 Scotland: Peter McDonald Scotland: Peter Wright: Snakebite 1970 Scotland [8] Petri Korte: Popeye Finland: Phil Gilman England: Phil Taylor: The Power 1960 England [9] Phill Nixon: The Ferryhill Flyer 1956 2013 England: Phillip Hazel: 1956 New Zealand: Preston Ridd: Bing 1953 New Zealand: Rab Scott ...
Robert Francis George (born 16 December 1945) is an English television presenter and former professional darts player. He is widely recognised as one of the game's biggest personalities, known for his flamboyant entrances in which the "King of Darts" makes his way to the stage bedecked in jewellery, wearing a crown and cloak and holding a candelabra to the Queen song "We Are the Champions".
The 1980 Embassy World Darts Championship was the third year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship. Again the field was 24 players, with the top seeds receiving a bye to the last 16 stage. For the second successive year the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent.
John appeared on ITV's Bullseye in 1985 as the celebrity darts player, and made the highest score of the series – 361. After that, Cosnett never played in any more major tournaments and faded out of mainstream darts. In 2006, Cosnett suffered a serious stroke which almost killed him, followed by another several months later which he also ...
Eric John Bristow MBE (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player and one of the most recognisable and successful players of the 1980s. He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record five times, in 1980, 1981 and 1983–1985.
David Alan Evans [3] (14 June 1949 – 12 April 1999) was a Welsh professional darts player and former World No. 1 who competed in the 1970s and 1980s.. Evans was one of the early faces of television darts and had some tournament success in the 1970s, including scoring the first televised 180 in the 1973 Indoor League semi final.
At the beginning of part two, a professional darts player (or occasionally a celebrity during the first four series and the 2006 revival) would throw nine darts at the matchplay board. The show donated £1 per point scored to a charity of the winning team's choice, or £2 per point if the total was 301 or higher. Celebrity players often ...
H. Andy Hamilton (darts player) Ted Hankey; Dennis Harbour; Rod Harrington; Ryan Harrington; Paul Harvey (darts player) Rhys Hayden; Ben Hazel; Sam Head; Deta Hedman