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138 Keith Deller

138 By Keith Deller

138 by Keith Deller


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138: Game, Shot and the Match explores the world of professional darts in the company of former world champion and current Sky Sports presenter Keith Deller. Keith takes us on an intimate journey as we relive his rapid rise from complete obscurity to lifting the game's greatest prize and becoming the angelic poster boy for darts, almost overnight.

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138: Game, Shot and the Match by Keith Deller

In 1983, an unknown 23-year-old from Suffolk called Keith Deller took the darts world by storm, defying the odds and sporting conventions to become a most unlikely world champion. Deller was the diametric opposite of the beer-swigging, chain-smoking, paunch-bellied darts player fans were used to. He was slim, well-spoken, athletic and didn't smoke or drink. And he looked like a boy next to his flabby, middle-aged opponents. A TV audience of 10 million watched transfixed as this angelic newcomer beat world number-one Eric Bristow in the final. Almost overnight, Keith had breathed new life into a game whose traditions had been hewn in the nation's smoky pubs and clubs. Deller was a new breed of darts player whose appeal transcended this gritty working-class sport, piquing the interest of intellectuals such as Martin Amis and Stephen Fry. In 138, Keith takes the reader on an intimate journey as we relive his rapid rise from complete obscurity to lifting the game's greatest prize as one of the youngest world champions in history.

About Keith Deller

Keith Deller has collaborated with popular Norfolk author and historian Edward Couzens-Lake to tell his story. Couzens-Lake is the author of 18 books, with several to follow in 2021. He also works as a broadcaster, contributing to a number of programmes, including BBC Radio 4's Making History.

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GOR012033093
9781785317873
1785317873
138: Game, Shot and the Match by Keith Deller
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pitch Publishing Ltd
2021-10-18
288
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