Rick Ney

Rick Ney
Personal information
Full name	Ricky A Ney
Born	21 May 1951 Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	9 April 2017(2017-04-09) (aged 65) Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Home town	Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Darts information
Playing darts since	1975
Darts	28 gram Hammerhead Darts
Laterality	Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1983–1999
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Semi-Final: 1988
World Masters	Last 64: 1988
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
WDF World Cup Team Virginia Beach Classic Witch City Open	1985 1990 1991

Ricky A Ney (21 May 1951 – 9 April 2017) was a former American professional darts player who competed in the 1970s, 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

• 1984: 2nd round (lost to Eric Bristow 0-4)
• 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