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Johnny Deley | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | Goldfinger |
Born | Torhout, Belgium | 20 December 1950
Home town | Torhout, Belgium |
Darts information | |
Playing darts since | 1980 |
Darts | 22g Datadart |
Laterality | Right-handed |
Walk-on music | "Ace of Spades" by Motörhead |
Organisation (see split in darts) | |
BDO | 1987–1990 |
PDC | 1996 |
BDO majors – best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Last 32: 1988 |
World Masters | Last 32: 1988 |
Johnny Deley (born 20 December 1950) is a former Belgian professional darts player who has played members from the 1980s and 1990s.
From Torhout, Deley played in the 1988 World Professional Darts Championship, losing in the first round 3–1 in sets to Australia's Russell Stewart. He then played in the 1988 Winmau World Masters, losing to Mike Gregory in the first round.
Deley was a semi-finalist in the 1987 Belgium Open and also reached the last 16 of the 1988 Dutch Open where he lost to Raymond van Barneveld and also reached the quarter-finalist of the 1996 French Open.
Deley quit of the PDC in October 1996.
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