Tony Brown
Personal information
Full nameAnthony Brown
Born(1945-04-01)1 April 1945
Dover, Kent, England
Died22 September 2022(2022-09-22) (aged 77)[1]
Home townDover, Kent, England
Darts information
Playing darts since1965
Darts26 Gram
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"We'll Bring the House Down" by Slade
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO1976–1984
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship3rd Place: 1979, 1980
World MastersRunner Up: 1978
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Indoor League
British Open		1977
1979
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  England
WDF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1979 Las Vegas Men's team
Gold medal – first place 1979 Las Vegas Men's overall
Gold medal – first place 1981 Nelson Men's pairs
Gold medal – first place 1981 Nelson Men's team
Gold medal – first place 1981 Nelson Men's overall
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Las Vegas Men's singles
WDF Europe Cup
Gold medal – first place 1980 Ebbw Vale Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 1980 Ebbw Vale Men's team
Gold medal – first place 1980 Ebbw Vale Men's overall
Updated on 19 October 2022.

Anthony Brown (1 April 1945 – 22 September 2022) was an English professional darts player. He came close to winning the world championship on a number of occasions, reaching the World Professional Darts Championships semi-finals four times, losing twice to Eric Bristow and twice to John Lowe.

Career

Brown appeared in the first-ever World Championship in 1978 as the number 8 seed, but surprisingly lost to Australian namesake Tim Brown.[2] Brown then went on to reach the semi-finals of the World Championship for three successive years - 1979, 1980 and 1981. After a surprise second-round defeat in the 1982 Championships, Brown reached the semi-final again in 1983, losing to Bristow.

He also enjoyed success in other major tournaments, winning the televised British Open in 1979 and Yorkshire Television's Indoor League darts competition in 1977. He won the first two Darts World KO Cup tournaments held in Oldham – these were subsequently sponsored by Dry Blackthorn Cider from 1983 to 1989. He defeated Nicky Virachkul in the 1980 final. He also won the WDF Europe Cup Singles event in 1980. Brown reached the final of the prestigious Winmau World Masters in 1978, losing out to Welshman Ronnie Davies.

Brown enjoyed team success with England – winning the WDF World Cup team event in 1979 and 1981 and the WDF World Cup pairs with Cliff Lazarenko in 1981. He also teamed up with Lowe and Bristow to enjoy Nations Cup triples success for England in 1979 and 1980.

Brown was one of the players who helped form the players' association PDPA (Professional Dart Players Association) along with Lowe, Lazarenko and Dave Whitcombe. The association was set up with the intention of promoting more televised tournaments. Although Brown was not part of the darts scene in the 1990s (his last World Championship appearance was at the 1984 BDO World Darts Championship),[3] the PDPA would be instrumental in the formation of the World Darts Council (now Professional Darts Corporation) and would split the game into two organisations.

Brown moved back to his home town of Dover, and was back playing in the local league, the Dover Invitation Darts League.

World Championship results

BDO

Career Finals

BDO major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 1978 Winmau World Masters Wales Ronnie Davies 2–3 (s)
  1. ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

Tournament19771978197919801981198219831984
BDO World Championship NYF 1R SF SF SF 2R SF 1R
Winmau World Masters QF F 3R 3R 3R 4R 2R DNP
British Professional Not held 2R 1R 1R DNP
News of the World ??? RR ???
Performance Table Legend
DNP Did not play at the event DNQ Did not qualify for the event NYF Not yet founded #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Tony Brown". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Vergeten helden van de dartsport: Engelsman Tony Brown". dartfreakz (in Dutch). 1 January 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Tony Brown". Darts Database. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "BDO World Championship Men 1978 - Match results". Mastercaller. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "BDO World Championship Men 1979 - Match results". Mastercaller. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "BDO World Championship Men 1980 - Match results". Mastercaller. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "BDO World Championship Men 1981 - Match results". Mastercaller. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "BDO World Championship Men 1982 - Match results". Mastercaller. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "BDO World Championship Men 1983 - Match results". Mastercaller. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "BDO World Championship Men 1984 - Match results". Mastercaller. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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