Keith Deller
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Nickname | The Feller |
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Date of birth | December 24, 1959 |
place of birth | Ipswich , England |
Darts | |
Darts since | 1975 |
Throwing hand | right |
darts | Target 21g Keith Deller |
Enema music | "Things Can Only Get Better" by DReam |
BDO | 1983-1993 |
PDC | 1993-2008 |
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Infobox last updated: January 28, 2013 |
Keith Deller (born December 24, 1959 in Ipswich ) is a former English darts player .
Deller won the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship in 1983 . He was the first qualifier to ever win the world championship, and for a long time the youngest world champion in history. In the close final he beat Eric Bristow 6: 5 .
The following year he reached the final of the World Masters . 1998 was another very successful year for him with the semi-finals at the World Cup and the World Matchplay .
He is currently the manager of two-time world champion Adrian Lewis and works for Sky Sports as a spotter . Here he worked for a time with his then World Cup final opponent Eric Bristow .
Special
In the 1983 World Cup final, Deller showed extreme nerve strength, as he checked 138 points over triple-20, triple-18, double-12 to win the match with a score of 5: 5 sets, as opponent Bristow with 50 points remaining, 32 points remaining instead of aiming for the bulls-eye. This finish has been called the Keith Deller finish after him .
Web links
- Keith Deller in the DartsDatabase.co.uk database
- Keith Deller on dartn.de
- Keith Deller on darts1.de
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SURNAME | Deller, Keith |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | The Feller |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English dart player |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1959 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ipswich , England |