Bob Taylor (born 15 January 1960) is a Scottish former professional

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player who played in the

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(BDO).

Career

Taylor made eleven appearances in the

BDO World Darts Championship The WDF World Darts Championship is a world championship competition in darts, organised by the World Darts Federation. It would previously organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO), who held it 43 times from 1978 to 2020. The champio ...

, losing in the first round in seven of his first eight showings with his one win coming in 1994 against American

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before losing in the second round to

Martin Adams Martin Adams (born 4 June 1956) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Nicknamed "Wolfie", he is a three-time BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion. He represents Cambridgesh ...

. His bad luck changed in 2002 where he beat John Ferrell and

Co Stompé Jacobus Wilhelmus "Co" Stompé (born 10 September 1962) is a Dutch former professional darts player. He was nicknamed The Matchstick because of his almost bald head and very thin appearance, making him look like a matchstick. He was also one of v ...

to reach the Quarter Finals, losing to eventual winner

Tony David Tony David (born 11 September 1967) is an Australian former professional darts player, who played under the nickname The Deadly Boomerang. He is the only Australian player to have been a senior singles world darts champion, having won the 200 ...

. In 2003, Taylor again reached the Quarter Finals at the Lakeside, with wins over Peter Hunt and Martin Adams before losing to Gary Anderson. His final Lakeside appearance came in 2004, losing in the first round to

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. Taylor was also a quarter finalist at the 2001

Winmau World Masters The World Masters is one of the longest-running and most prestigious of the BDO/WDF tournaments, which began in 1974. The tournament is sponsored by darts board manufacturer, Winmau. The World Masters was unusual in darts in that its sets are th ...

, beating

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and Ernest Brown before losing to eventual finalist

Jarkko Komula Jarkko Komula (born 13 March 1976) is a Finnish former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is nicknamed Smiley because he rarely smiles. Darts career BDO Komula reached the final of the 2001 ...

of Finland. He won the 1993 Norway Open and the 2001 Finnish Open.

World Championship results

BDO

* 1991: 1st Round (lost to

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2–3) * 1994: 2nd Round (lost to

1–3) * 1995: 1st Round (lost to Paul Williams 0–3) * 1996: 1st Round (lost to

Ian Brand Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Sc ...

0–3) * 1997: 1st Round (lost to

Les Wallace Les Wallace (born 22 February 1962) is a Scottish retired professional darts player. He adopted the nickname "McDanger", coming out for his matches dressed in a traditional kilt. He won the 1997 BDO World Darts Championship which is one of th ...

1–3) * 1998: 1st Round (lost to Roger Carter 1–3) * 2000: 1st Round (lost to

Ted Hankey Edward Hankey (born 20 February 1968) is an English former professional darts player and convicted sex offender. Nicknamed "The Count", he won the BDO World Darts Championship in 2000, was runner-up in 2001, and won the title for a second time ...

0–3) * 2001: 1st Round (lost to Wayne Jones 0–3) * 2002: Quarter Finals (lost to

4–5) * 2003: Quarter Finals (lost to Gary Anderson 0–5) * 2004: 1st Round (lost to

0–3)

External links

Profile at Darts Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Bob 1960 births Living people Scottish darts players Place of birth missing (living people) British Darts Organisation players