Rod Harrington
| Rod Harrington | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Rodney Harrington |
| Nickname | The Prince of Style |
| Born |
30 December 1957 Boreham, Essex, England |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1977 |
| Darts | Durro Rod Harrington 21 gram |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1987-1993 |
| PDC | 1993-2007 (Founding Member) |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 1992 |
| World Masters | Winner 1991 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Runner Up: 1995 |
| World Matchplay | Winner 1998, 1999 |
| World Grand Prix | Runner Up: 1998 |
| UK Open | Last 96: 2003, 2005 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Austrian Open Belgium Open Calgary Golden Harvest Denmark Open Double Diamond Masters French Open Golden Harvest North American Cup Jersey Festival Of Darts Malta Open Swedish Open Swiss Open |
1992 1991, 1992 1998 1991, 1992, 1998 1987 1991, 1993 1997, 1998, 1999 1992 1991 1991 1998 |
| Other achievements | |
| PDC World Number 1 (Apr 1995 to Aug 1996), (Aug 1998 to Aug 2000) | |
| Updated on 17 February 2008. | |
Rod Harrington (born 30 December 1957 in Boreham, Essex) is an English former World No. 1 professional darts player and commentator and analyst on Sky Sports. He used the nickname The Prince of Style for his matches, often wearing a suit and waistcoast for his games. Harrington enjoyed some major success during his professional career including the prestigious Winmau World Masters in 1991 and two successive World Matchplays in 1998 and 1999.[1]
He started his career before the game split into two separate organisations during the early 1990s. He accumulated many Open tournament titles including the Belgian Open (1991, 1992), Denmark Open (1991, 1992), French Open (1991, 1993) and the Swedish Open (1991). Harrington's 1991 Winmau World Masters victory over Phil Taylor remains one of Taylor's rare major final defeats - although Taylor was only a one-time World Champion at the time and had lost his world crown to Dennis Priestley in January 1991.
Harrington made his World Championship debut in 1992, reaching the quarter-finals before losing to eventual runner-up Mike Gregory. At the 1993 World Championship, Harrington was seeded fourth but lost 2-3 to Wayne Weening in the first round. After those championships, the majority of the top players left the governing body, the British Darts Organisation, to form the WDC (now PDC) in an acrimonious split in the game.
After the WDC/PDC started their own World Championship in 1994, Harrington would be ever-present in the event for the first ten years. He reached the quarter-finals in the inaugural tournament, but his best ever achievement came in the 1995 World Championship - by reaching the final. He lost the final 2-6 to Taylor, who was winning the third of his world championship titles at the time.
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