Richard "Rick" Ney (May 21, 1961 – April 9, 2017) was an American professional
darts
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player who has competed members in the 1980s and 1990s.
Career
Ney reached the final of the prestigious
News of the World Darts Championship
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in 1986 losing to
Bobby George
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. He made four appearances in the
World Professional Darts Championship
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with his best result coming in 1988 when he beat
Magnus Caris
Magnus Caris (born 15 November 1968) is a Swedish former professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
BDO career
Caris made seven BDO World Darts Championship appear ...
and
Chris Johns, and then lost to
Bob Anderson in the semifinals. Ney became only the third player from outside the
United Kingdom
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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-times world champion
Eric Bristow
Eric John Bristow, (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player.
He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record five times, in 1980, 1981 and 1983–1985. He was ...
.
Ney quit
BDO in 1991.
Death
Ney died in a vehicle accident on April 9, 2017.
World Championship results
BDO
*1984: 2nd round (lost to
Eric Bristow
Eric John Bristow, (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player.
He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record five times, in 1980, 1981 and 1983–1985. He was ...
0–4) (sets)
*1987: 2nd round (lost to Bristow 0–3)
*1988: Semi-finals (lost to
Bob Anderson 0–5)
*1989: 2nd round (lost to
Dave Whitcombe
David Whitcombe (born 27 June 1954) is an English former professional darts player who won several major tournaments and reached two World Championship Finals between 1980 and 1992.
Biography
Whitcombe was twice a winner of the Winmau World M ...
0–3)
Career finals
Independent major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
References
External links
Rick Ney profileat American Darts Organization
1961 births
2017 deaths
American darts players
British Darts Organisation players
People from Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
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