1983 BDO World Darts Championship 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 to 5 in the final, to become the youngest ever World Darts Champion and the first qualifier to win the World Championship. Deller also beat world number 3, John Lowe in the quarter-finals and defending champion and world number 2, Jocky Wilson in the semi-finals, making him the only player in history to defeat the world's top
John Walton (darts player) John Walton (darts player) John Michael Walton (born 10 November 1961 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is an English darts player. He is best known for winning the 2001 BDO World Darts Championship. He has adopted the nickname John Boy and used the song "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex as his walk-on theme. Walton picked up some small tournament victories in the early stages of his career, including the Websters 150 Championship in 1993 and the Highlands Open Championship in 1996 but didn't manage to qualify for the World Championship until 1999 when he lost 0-3 to Roland Scholten on his first