Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow MBEis a former professional English darts player. He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record six times from. He is a five time World Champion a five time World Masters Champion and a four time World Cup singles champion. He won twenty two WDF and BDO Major titles and seventy career titles overall. In the 1980s, Bristow's skill and personality helped turn darts into a worldwide spectator sport...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDarts Player
Date of Birth25 April 1957
CountryUnited States of America
I've got a nice little crafty deal with the people in Barbados; 10 days out there teaching the locals how to play darts for an hour a day. Get paid for that as well.
I play a lot of charity golf mainly. I'm a bandit 18 if I play two or three times a week.
I was born at the right time. I was a freak - the only young player when darts took off in the 1970s.
Mark my words, Michael Van Gerwen will knock Phil Taylor off his perch one day and be the best darts player on the planet.
It's all right buying all these good players but they've got to gel, and that takes time.
By the time I was 25 or 26, I would have earned a million, but if you looked in the bank account, it's not there because I've spent it. That's what it's there for. I don't want to be the richest bloke in the graveyard. Look at Elvis.
You can't drink too many otherwise you can't see what you're throwing at.
I love cheese and biscuits, the stronger the better.
The Crafty Cockney had a picture of the owner dressed up as a copper, so I brought it home, wore it on TV and the name just stuck.
My dad was an Arsenal supporter and he used to take me there, but I've always been Chelsea.
You eat when you're hungry, and I'm not normally hungry in the mornings.
I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2.
Nah, I don't watch TV either, apart from a few sports programmes. I just don't have the time.
I like a drink, mate. I'll have maybe 10 or 12 pints on a good night out.