Autographs of Eric Bristow
Eric John Bristow MBE (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player and one of the most recognisable and successful players of the 1980s. He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record five times, in 1980, 1981, 1983–1985 and 1989-1990. Between 1980 and 1991, Bristow featured in ten BDO World Darts Championship finals, winning the title five times, in 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985 and 1986. He was also a five-time World Masters Champion, a four-time World Cup singles champion and twice winner of the News of the World Darts Championship. He won 22 WDF and BDO Major titles, 65 individual career titles and 15 titles in team events, a total of 80 overall. He hosted the first two episodes of the darts-themed ITV game show Bullseye and regularly featured on the show.
In late 1986, Bristow began experiencing symptoms of dartitis, which affected his career thereafter. In 1987, he began sponsoring and mentoring Phil Taylor, who went on to become the most successful darts player of all time. In 1993, Bristow and Taylor both became involved in the split in darts as two of the 16 players who left the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form the World Darts Council, which later became the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Bristow's last major achievement as a player was reaching the semi-finals of the 1997 WDC World Darts Championship, where he narrowly lost to Taylor.
After retiring from competitive darts in 2007, Bristow worked as a commentator and pundit on Sky Sports darts coverage until the network sacked him in 2016 following a controversial series of tweets. In April 2018, Bristow suffered a heart attack while attending a Premier League Darts event in Liverpool and died at the age of 60.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Eric Bristow (Rare Oportunity To Own The Last Ever Signed Shirt By darting Legend Eric Bristow) was sold in April 2020 for £263.85 while the cheapest item (Eric Bristow Signed FRAMED Photo Autograph 16x12 Display Darts Signing PROOF COA) found a new owner for £0.10 in October 2020. The month with the most items sold (139) was April 2018 with an average selling price of £19.99 for an autographed item of Eric Bristow. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2024 with £195.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was June 2013. In average, an autographed item from Eric Bristow is worth £15.99.
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Latest News about Eric Bristow
Liverpool FC legend Jan Molby to tackle Eric Bristow for £5,000 (08/03/2015): Former Reds midfield takes on five-times World Champion in charity darts match 
Ex-darts player George Ball from Sheppey pays tribute to Eric Bristow's dad, Geo (25/02/2015): Former Sheppey darts player, George Ball, has spoken warmly of George Bristow, father of "Crafty Cockney" Eric, who has died aged 82. England No 8 Ben Morgan is so hot even five-time world champion Eric Bristow can (13/12/2014): EXCLUSIVE: As if scoring two tries and claiming the man-of-match award against Australia and being player of the autumn series wasn’t enough, Ben Morgan also beat Eric Bristow at darts. Have you got what it takes to beat darts legend Eric Bristow? (20/11/2014): A FORMER darts world champion is set to challenge members of the audience at a special event in the Ribble Valley next weekend. Eric Bristow on target in the Black Country to raise charity cash (20/05/2014): The six times world darts champion hosted an exhibition tournament at The Griffin pub in Dudley. It had been organised by landlady Natalie Walker, aged 31, in aid of the Lymphoma Association.
Older News Stories about Eric Bristow
Darts: Eric Bristow and Bobby George booked for New Milton exhibition (04/2014): LOCAL promoter Barrie Cox has brought together a star-studded line-up for a 'Legends of the Oche' event in New Milton later this year. Hospice chance to meet darts legend Eric Bristow (10/2013): KEEN darts players in York are being given the chance to play against five-times world champion Eric Bristow – the Crafty Cockney – when he comes to York in April next year.Eric Bristow will return to Workington (09/2013): DARTS legend Eric Bristow is set for a Workington return to play “arras with the marras” and tickets go on sale tomorrow.
