Rick Ney

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Richard "Rick" Ney (May 21, 1961 – April 9, 2017) was an American professional darts player who has competed members in the 1980s and 1990s.

Career[]

Ney reached the final of the prestigious News of the World Darts Championship in 1986 losing to Bobby George. He made four appearances in the World Professional Darts Championship – with his best result coming in 1988 when he beating Magnus Caris, Chris Johns, and who lost to Bob Anderson in the semi-finals. He became only the third player from outside the United Kingdom to reach the last four of the World Championship in the ten-year history of the tournament.

All his World Championship defeats came at the hands of some legends of darts – including two losses to five-times world champion, Eric Bristow.

Ney quit on the BDO in 1991.

He died on the April 9, 2017.^[1]

World Championship results[]

BDO[]

• 1984: 2nd round (lost to Eric Bristow 0–4) (sets)
• 1987: 2nd round (lost to Bristow 0–3)
• 1988: Semi-finals (lost to Bob Anderson 0–5)
• 1989: 2nd round (lost to Dave Whitcombe 0–3)

Career finals[]

Independent major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	1986	News of the World Championship	Bobby George	0–2 (s)

References[]

• Rick Ney profile dartsdatabase

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