Kevin White (6 August 1938 – 20 May 2015) was an Australian professional

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player who competed in the 1970s and 1980s.

Career

White won the 1977 BDO Golden Darts Pairs with George Foster for

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. White reached the semi finals of the 1976

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before making his World Championship debut 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 ...

, beating 10th seed Stefan Lord in the first round before losing in the second round to 7th seed

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. A year later in the

1982 BDO World Darts Championship The 1982 Embassy World Darts Championship was the fifth year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship. For the fourth successive year, the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent. The event saw ...

, White lost in the first round to fellow countryman

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. White then reached the semi-finals of the 1982 World Masters, beating Lord again before beating

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and

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before losing to eventual World Master

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. In the

1983 BDO World Darts Championship The 1983 Embassy World Darts Championship was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent from 1–8 January 1983. The tournament saw one of the World Darts Championship's biggest upsets, when Keith Deller defeated Eric Bristow, by 6 sets ...

, he beat

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in the first round before losing in the second round again to Wilson. He suffered a first round exit in the

1984 BDO World Darts Championship The 1984 Embassy World Darts Championship was held from 31 December 1983 to 7 January 1984 at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent. Eric Bristow made up for his defeat against Keith Deller in the previous year's final by winning his third ...

in a defeat against Steve Brennan. White played in the 2005 New Zealand Open losing to

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3 legs to 1. White quit the BDO in 2005.

World Championship results

BDO

* 1981: Last 16: (lost to

1–2) (sets) * 1982: Last 32: (lost to

0–2) * 1983: Last 16: (lost to

0–3) * 1984: Last 32: (lost to Steve Brennan 1–2)

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database
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