Eric Bristow
| Eric Bristow MBE |
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| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Crafty Cockney |
| Born | 25 April 1957 |
| Home town |
Leek, Staffordshire England |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1968 |
| Darts | 22g Harrows Eric Bristow |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Rabbit by Chas and Dave |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1976-1993 |
| PDC | 1993-2007 (Founding Member) |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Winner: 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986 |
| World Masters | Winner: 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Semi Final: 1997 |
| World Matchplay | Last 32: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| British Gold Cup British Open British Pentathlon Denmark Open Dry Blackthorn Cider Masters Camerons Fiesta Open Flowers Dartsathlon Golden Darts Championship Golden Gate Classic Isle Of Man Challenge MFI World Pairs North American Open Pacific Masters PDC World Pairs Santa Monica Open Swedish Open Tokyo World Darts Grand Prix WDF World Cup Singles WDF Europe Cup Pairs WDF World Cup Pairs World Champion Super Challenge Best Old Major Results News of the World MFI World Matchplay British Professional Butlins Grand Masters British Matchplay |
1980 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986 1981, 1989 1980, 1984, 1989 1984, 1985, 1987 1979 1984 1979, 1980 1980 1983 1983 1987 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986 1981, 1986 1995 1979, 1980 1979, 1981, 1982 1988 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989 1978, 1986 1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989 1984 1983, 1984 1985, 1988 1982, 1985 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 1982, 1983, 1986 |
| Other achievements | |
| 1989 Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE | |
| Updated on 19 November 2006. | |
Eric Bristow MBE ("The Crafty Cockney") (born 25 April 1957) is a former professional English darts player.
He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record six times from (1980–81,83–85, 90). He is a five time World Champion, a five time World Masters Champion and a four time World Cup singles champion. He won twenty two WDF and BDO Major titles and seventy career titles overall. In the 1980s, Bristow's skill and personality helped turn darts into a worldwide spectator sport. In 1993, Bristow was one of sixteen top players who broke away from the British Darts Organisation to form their own organisation, which became the Professional Darts Corporation.
He retired from competitive darts in 2007 and worked as a commentator and pundit on Sky Sports' darts coverage, but lost his job after a series of tweets on the United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal that were condemned as offensive. He apologised the following day.
Bristow won his first world championship in 1980, defeating fellow Londoner Bobby George, and so began a decade's worth of domination, in which he would retain his title in 1981 and win it again in 1984, 1985 and 1986. Like his snooker contemporary Steve Davis, however, he had to cope also with a shock defeat during this period, when young unknown Keith Deller beat him in the 1983 final, not to mention Steve Brennan in the previous year's 1st Round. He finished as runner-up on four other occasions up to 1991.
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