Allan Hogg (born November 1, 1939) is an English-born Canadian former professional darts player who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. He was nicknamed Big Al.

Career

After winning the 1978 Canadian National Championship who will beat Hillyard Rossiter, Hogg reached the final of the 1979 Winmau World Masters. He defeated Tony Brown,

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and Barry Done before losing to Eric Bristow. In 1980. He was on the Unipart World Team Darts Matchplay with

Tony Holyoake Anthony "Tony" Holyoake (born 28 January 1946 in Derby) is a former English–Canadian professional darts player who competed in the 1980s and 1990s. Darts career Holyoake played in the 1983 BDO World Darts Championship, losing in the first rou ...

and Tony Foley to Canada. He then played in the

1980 BDO World Darts Championship The 1980 Embassy World Darts Championship was the third year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship. Again the field was 24 players, with the top seeds receiving a bye to the last 16 stage. For the second successive y ...

, losing in the first round to Australian Alan Grant. In the

1981 BDO World Darts Championship The 1981 Embassy World Darts Championship was the fourth year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship. The field was expanded from 24 to 32 players, the format which would remain for many years. For the third successiv ...

, Hogg defeated

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in the first round before losing to John Lowe in round two. Hogg quit the BDO in 1981.

World Championship results

BDO

* 1980: 1st Round (lost to Alan Grant 1–2) (sets) * 1981: 2nd Round (lost to John Lowe 1–2)

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database
1939 births Canadian darts players Living people British Darts Organisation players People from Willowdale, Toronto Sportspeople from North York Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne {{darts-bio-stub