Last update: If you are a model, tiktoker, instagram Influencer It is a Platform where Influencers can meet up, Collaborate, Get Collaboration opportunities from Brands, and discuss common interests. We connect brands with social media talent to create quality sponsored content. Home Darts Player Jocky Wilson. Jocky Wilson Darts Player. March 22 , age In addition to his heavy drinking and smoking, the onset of diabetes and arthritis and bouts of depression plus a large unpaid tax bill, led Wilson to retire from darts in becoming more or less a recluse.
In a rare interview at that time he told a reporter that same year that although he had been let down once or twice, he did not want anyone feeling sorry for him, blaming only himself for the situation he was in. He was cremated at Kirkcaldy Crematorium. He was survived by his wife, his daughter and two sons. Sid Waddell , Patrick Chaplin, !
According to Liam, it appears that my archive of cuttings, photographs and memorabilia relating to Jocky is the largest his production team could locate so he was keen to have access to it and to interview me. Liam and Rick can be seen here examining my photographs of Jocky and back issues of Darts World.
As far as I can recall, that was an original take on the life of a legendary darts player. He and Rick were with me for six hours! It received excellent reviews. For many the programme brought back memories of seeing and even playing against Jocky: a formidable darts player.
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Notify me of new posts via email. In the decade before satellite TV, when darts drew viewing audiences of more than eight million and before Wilson's regular drink intake - lager chased by 'seven or eight vodkas to keep my nerves so that I can play my best' - had taken its grip, it was a very different story. The game that enjoyed its peak in , when there were 11 televised tournaments, had Wilson as its undoubted star. In a world cluttered with double chins, receding hairlines and straining nylon shirts, John Thomas Wilson still managed to stand out.
The former Seafield coalminer's place in the national consciousness was confirmed when his picture famously featured on Top of the Pops in as a joke while Dexy's Midnight Runners performed 'Jackie Wilson Said'. His stout but diminutive build, crooked grin and ability to out drink all-comers while consistently winning the big titles made him riveting viewing.
Eric Bristow might have been better, but everyone rooted for Jocky. That's life! Anyway, TV makes you look fatter,' Wilson once said. He grew up on a Kirkcaldy council estate. Once he won a holiday and some suitcases. He got home with neither - he sold the holiday for 50 quid and the cases for a tenner.
All he said was, "I've done it". He gave my son the dartboard. Wilson was also generous with his time for charity and had a neat line in self-deprecation. He was known as 'Gumsy' because his constant sweet-eating and refusal to brush his teeth - 'my Gran told me the English poison the water' - meant that he had lost his last tooth by the age of But he never took to them. They made him belch when drinking, he complained.
And once, celebrating a victory, they flew out of his mouth and on to the oche. In the end, they were employed as a ball marker in pool games with Bristow.
I can chew a steak provided it's well done. Phil Taylor, the time world champion, said: "It's very sad news. People talk about the great characters in darts and he's one of the greatest. He asked someone to clean the white ball and took his teeth out to mark the ball. Five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld said: "It's a sad day for darts. It was a shame he wasn't involved in darts anymore because he was such a hero. The Scotland team manager got him fired up and he beat me
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