Rick Ney

Rick Ney
Personal information
Full name	Richard Ney
Nickname	The Hammer The Iceman
Born	(1961-05-21)21 May 1961 Philadelphia, United States
Died	9 April 2017(2017-04-09) (aged 55) Los Angeles, United States
Darts information
Playing darts since	1975
Darts	22g Hammerhead Darts
Laterality	Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1980–1991
WDF Platinum – best performances
World Ch'ship	Semi Finals: 1988
World Masters	Last 64: 1988
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
WDF World Cup Team Virginia Beach Classic Witch City Open	1985 1990 1991

Richard "Rick" Ney (May 21, 1961 – April 9, 2017) was an American professional darts player who has competed members in the 1980s and 1990s.

Career

Ney 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 is beating Magnus Caris, Chris Johns, Dennis Hickling and who 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 1991.

He died on the April 9, 2017.

World Championship results

BDO

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