Eric Bristow
Actor
- Born
- April 25, 1957 · Hackney, London, England, UK
- Died
- April 5, 2018 (age 60)
Eric John Bristow, MBE (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player.
He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record five times, in 1980, 1981 and 1983–1985. He was a five-time World Champion, a five-time World Masters Champion a four-time World Cup singles champion and 2-time champion of the News of the World Darts Championship. He won 22 WDF and BDO Major titles and 70 career titles overall. In the 1980s, Bristow's skill and personality helped turn darts into a worldwide spectator sport.
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In 1993, Bristow was one of sixteen top players who broke away from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form their own organisation, which became the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
He retired from competitive darts in 2007 and subsequently worked as a commentator and pundit on Sky Sports darts coverage.
In the 1980s, Bristow came across Phil Taylor, then a raw darts talent in Stoke-on-Trent. He sponsored him with about £10,000 to fund his development in the game, on the understanding that the money would be repaid. Taylor went on to usurp his mentor as the greatest darts player ever, with Bristow often on the receiving end of his brilliance.
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- 2019Jocky Wilson Said as Self (archive footage)
- 2017Das Leben der Darts-Legende Phil Taylor as Self (archive footage)
- 2016Greatest Ever Christmas Ads as Self - Darts Legend
- 2016House of Flying Arrows as Self - World Darts Champion 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
- 2015You Can't Beat a Bit of Bully as Self - Professional Darts Player
- 2014Bullseyes and Beer: When Darts Hit Britain as Self
- 2014A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell as Self (archive footage)
- 2013The Power of Darts as Self - 5 Times World Champion
- 2012Special Report – The Voice of Darts as Self - Five-time World Champion
