Rick Ney


Ricky A Ney was an American professional darts player who competed in the 1980s and 1990s.

Darts career

He 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 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 December 1999.
Ney died on the 9 April 2017.

World Championship Results

BDO

NEWS OF THE WORLD
1986: final

Career finals

Independent major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1.1986News of the World Championship Bobby George0–2