Bob Anderson (dart player)

Bob Anderson

To person
Full name	Robert Charles Anderson
Nickname	The Limestone Cowboy
nation	England
Date of birth	November 7, 1947
place of birth	Winchester , Hampshire , England
place of residence	Clevedon, Somerset , England
Darts
Darts since	1973
Throwing hand	right
darts	18 g Unicorn Signature
Enema music	Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell
BDO	1973-1993
PDC	1993-2008
Most important successes
World Champion 1988
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Robert Charles "Bob" Anderson (born November 7, 1947 in Winchester , Hampshire , England ) is a former English darts player and world champion nicknamed "The Limestone Cowboy" (in German: "The Limestone Cowboy").

Anderson won the World Professional Darts Championship in 1988, as well as the World Masters Championship in 1986, 1987 and 1988 . In 1987 and 1989 he was number 1 in the WDF world rankings. Today he lives in Clevedon , Somerset .

Anderson threw his first "180" (maximum number of points that can be achieved with three darts ) at the age of seven, and in his youth he was also known as an excellent athlete; he was nominated as a javelin thrower in the British selection for the 1968 Summer Olympics . He broke his arm before the team left for Mexico. This was also the end of his javelin throwing career. In 1990 he had to undergo an operation on his back because his darts career was also threatened by the symptoms.

Anderson was also the driving force behind the Bob Anderson Classic , a major darts tournament that was held annually from 2002 to 2005. Anderson also invented the darts training game "Bob's 27".

Web links

• Biography at Unicorn-Darts ( Memento from May 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) engl.
• Official homepage of Bob Anderson
• Interview at darts1.de
• Player profile at dartn.de