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American darts player (1961?2017)
Darts player
Richard
"
Rick
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Ney
(May 21, 1961 ? April 9, 2017) was an American professional
darts
player who competed in the 1980s and 1990s.
Career
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Ney reached the final of the prestigious
News of the World Darts Championship
in 1986 losing to
Bobby George
. He made four appearances in the
World Professional Darts Championship
with his best result coming in 1988 when he beat
Magnus Caris
and
Chris Johns
, and then lost to
Bob Anderson
in the semifinals. Ney became only the third player from outside the
United Kingdom
to reach the last four of the World Championship in the ten-year history of the tournament.
All his World Championship defeats came at the hands of some legends of darts, including two losses to five-time world champion
Eric Bristow
.
Ney quit
BDO
in 1991.
Death
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Ney died in a vehicle accident on April 9, 2017.
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World Championship results
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Career finals
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Independent major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
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