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
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.
Trouble is, I don't get to play a lot at the moment because I've just signed a contract where I've got to do 200 shows a year in pubs, so the golf's fallen away a bit.
I was born at the right time. I was a freak - the only young player when darts took off in the 1970s.
I like a drink, mate. I'll have maybe 10 or 12 pints on a good night out.
Nah, I don't watch TV either, apart from a few sports programmes. I just don't have the time.
I play a lot of charity golf mainly. I'm a bandit 18 if I play two or three times a week.
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.
You eat when you're hungry, and I'm not normally hungry in the mornings.
My dad was an Arsenal supporter and he used to take me there, but I've always been Chelsea.
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.
I love cheese and biscuits, the stronger the better.
You can't drink too many otherwise you can't see what you're throwing at.
Hopefully I've given something back to darts, which has been brilliant to me. Hopefully I made it a bit popular when I first started; I was part of the breakaway, and I also created a monster, so I think I've done a little bit.
Ever since I've been 16, 15, that's all I've been doing: playing darts.