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