Keith Deller
Keith Deller MBE (born 24 December 1959) is an English former professional darts player best known for winning the 1983 BDO World Darts Championship. He also won the Unipart British Professional Championship in 1987.
| Keith Deller MBE | |||||||||||||
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Deller in 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Full name | Keith Noel Deller | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | "The Fella" "Milky Bar Kid" "The Delboy" | ||||||||||||
| Born | 24 December 1959 Ipswich, England | ||||||||||||
| Home town | Icklingham, England | ||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Darts | 23 Gram Loxley Keith Deller | ||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Things Can Only Get Better" by D Ream | ||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||
| BDO | 1983–1993 | ||||||||||||
| PDC | 1993–2007 (founding member) | ||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Winner (1) 1983 | ||||||||||||
| World Masters | Runner-up: 1984 | ||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Semi-final: 1998 | ||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Semi-final: 1998 | ||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Quarter-final: 1999 | ||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 32: 2006 | ||||||||||||
| WSDT major events – best performances | |||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2022, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 20: 2022 | ||||||||||||
| World Masters | Quarter-final: 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||
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| Updated on 12 April 2019. | |||||||||||||
He was the first qualifier to win the World Darts Championship and remains one of the youngest champions in history. For his World Championship win, Deller used 18-gram spring-loaded darts, later banned for tournament play but now legal again.
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