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Eric Bristow
Hackney, London, England, UK
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 Fede…
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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. 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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2019
Jocky Wilson Said
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
Das Leben der Darts-Legende Phil Taylor
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Greatest Ever Christmas Ads
Movie Self - Darts Legend
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2016
House of Flying Arrows
Movie Self - World Darts Champion 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
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2016
The Sporting Mavericks
TV show Self
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2015
You Can't Beat a Bit of Bully
Movie Self - Professional Darts Player
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2014
Bullseyes and Beer: When Darts Hit Britain
Movie Self
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2014
A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2013
The Power of Darts
Movie Self - 5 Times World Champion
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2013
60 Minutes Sports
TV show Self - Darts Player (segment "Darts Wonderland")
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2012
Special Report – The Voice of Darts
Movie Self - Five-time World Champion
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2012
Sports Life Stories
TV show Self
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2011
Pointless Celebrities
TV show Self
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2010
The World Of Phil Taylor
Movie Self
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2008
New Kids on the Oche
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2008
Eric Bristow's Golden Arrows
Movie Self - Presenter
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2006
Darts Tarts – Welcome to my World
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
Sid Waddell's Wacky World of Darts
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
Heartlands
Movie The Crafty Cockney
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2002
The Story of Darts
Movie Self
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2002
Timeshift
TV show Self - Darts Player
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2002
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
TV show Self
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2002
Phil Taylor: The Power and the Glory
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1999
Blood on the Carpet
TV show Self
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1989
Darts - The Crafty Cockney Way
Movie Self
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1987
Toe the Oche
Movie Self
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1986
Eric Bristow: Arrogant, Irresponsible Genius
Movie Self
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1985
Super Gran
TV show Self
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1983
Darts.... The John Lowe Way
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1983
Leo Sayer
TV show Self
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1981
Bullseye
TV show Self - Special Guest
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1981
Never the Twain
TV show Eric Bristow
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1981
Six Fifty-Five Special
TV show Self
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1981
Punchlines
TV show Self
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1979
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
TV show Self
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1979
Bullseye
TV show Self
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1979
Arrows
Movie Self
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1968
Sportsnight
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