Leighton Rees

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Leighton Rees

A.K.A:

Leighton Thomas Rees - Marathon Man -

1940-01-17 -2003-06-08

Male

Ynysybwl, Wales

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Biography


Leighton Rees (17 January 1940 – 8 June 2003) was a Welsh professional darts player. He is best known as the first-ever BDO World Professional Darts Champion, having won the inaugural 1978 BDO World Darts Championship and was a former World No. 1 player. He was one of the sport's most successful players throughout the 1970s, and retired from the game in 1991. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia