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David Roderick Jones (5 July 1949 – 5 October 1995) was a Welsh professional darts player who played mostly during the formative years of darts television coverage during the 1970s. He was born in Rhymney, Glamorgan and although his nickname was Roxy the media got it wrong and he would often be referred to as Rocky or David Rocky Jones. His best tournament display came in the Winmau World Masters when he reached the final in 1975 before losing to fellow countryman Alan Evans. Also during 1975 he won the Marlborough Masters and took the Unicorn World Pairs championships with Ray Phillips. He also had success in international darts with his country Wales, when they took the WDF World Cup team title in 1977. He also appeared on television in the last darts final of Yorkshire Television's Indoor League in 1977, finishing runner-up to Tony Brown. The World Professional Darts Championship was first organised in 1978, but despite his relative success around that time Jones never featured in the event. (en) David Roderick Jones (Rhymney, 5 juli 1949 - Rhymney, 5 oktober 1995) is een voormalige Welsh darter die speelde tijdens de beginjaren van darts op televisie-uitzendingen in de jaren 1970. Hij werd geboren in Rhymney, Glamorgan. Zijn bijnaam was Roxy maar door een fout in de media werd het Rocky of David Rocky Jones. Zijn beste dartsresultaat kwam in de Winmau World Masters. Jones haalde de finale in 1975 maar verloor van landgenoot Alan Evans met 1-3. Ook won hij in 1975 de Marlborough Masters en de Unicorn World Pairs Championship met . Hij had ook succes in het internationale darts met zijn land Wales. In 1977 won hij met Wales de WDF World Cup Teams titel. In de finale versloegen ze Engeland met 5-4. Ook haalde hij op dit toernooi de WDF World Cup Pairs finale samen met . Die finale verloren ze van het Engelse koppel Eric Bristow/John Lowe met 2-4. Jones verscheen ook op televisie in de laatste dartsfinale van de Yorkshire Television's Indoor League in 1977. Hij verloor van Tony Brown. Het World Professional Darts Championship werd voor het eerst georganiseerd in 1978, maar ondanks zijn succes in die tijd, zou Jones nooit te zien zijn op dit evenement. (nl) |
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David Roderick Jones (en) |
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David Roderick Jones (5 July 1949 – 5 October 1995) was a Welsh professional darts player who played mostly during the formative years of darts television coverage during the 1970s. He was born in Rhymney, Glamorgan and although his nickname was Roxy the media got it wrong and he would often be referred to as Rocky or David Rocky Jones. He also appeared on television in the last darts final of Yorkshire Television's Indoor League in 1977, finishing runner-up to Tony Brown. (en) David Roderick Jones (Rhymney, 5 juli 1949 - Rhymney, 5 oktober 1995) is een voormalige Welsh darter die speelde tijdens de beginjaren van darts op televisie-uitzendingen in de jaren 1970. Hij werd geboren in Rhymney, Glamorgan. Zijn bijnaam was Roxy maar door een fout in de media werd het Rocky of David Rocky Jones. Het World Professional Darts Championship werd voor het eerst georganiseerd in 1978, maar ondanks zijn succes in die tijd, zou Jones nooit te zien zijn op dit evenement. (nl) |
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David Jones (darts player) (en) David Jones (darter) (nl) |
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