Steve Brown (darts player)

:"This article is about the American darts player, for the English darts player of the same name see Steve Brown (England darts player)"

Darts player infobox
playername = Steve Brown


fullname =
nickname = "Brownie" or "The Original"
dateofbirth = July 15, 1962
cityofbirth = Carshalton, Surrey
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
hometown = Cahokia, Illinois
homecountry = U.S.A.
since = 1972
darts = 20g Steve Brown
music =
BDO = 1976 - 1991, 2004 -
PDC = 1992 - 2004
currentrank =
BDO World = n/a
World Masters = Group Finalist 1988, 1991, 2000
World Darts Trophy =
Int. Darts League =
PDC World = 3rd Place 1994
Matchplay = Quarter-Finalist 2000
Grand Prix =
UK Open =
Vegas =
Premier League =
US Open =
Grand Slam =
tournament = Dutch Open
North American Open
Int'l Challenge of Champions
Swiss Open
Darts America
Las Vegas Open
Windy City Open
Malta Open Doubles
Darts America Doubles
Dutch Open Doubles
Windy City Open Doubles
Swiss Open Doubles
North American Open Doubles
Australian Grand Masters Doubles
USA Darts Classic Doubles
Dallas Int'l Classic Doubles

resultyears = 1988
1988, 1989
1989
1990, 1991
1991
2001
2004
1989, 1990, 1991
1990, 1992
1990
1990
1991
1994
1999
2003
achievement = U.S.A. (ADO) Number 1 (1998, 1999)

U.S.A. (ADO) Nat'l 501 Champion (1998)

U.S.A. (ADO) Nat'l Cricket Champion (1999)

"'National Darts Hall of Fame Inductee (1997)

"'Golden Harvest Hall of Fame Inductee (2004)

NON-RANKED TOURNAMENT WINS

Thames TV Cockney Classic 1986 & 1987
BDO Mayday Festival 1986 & 1987
Turnhout Open (BEL) 1987
Van de Ven Open (BEL) 1987
Antwerp Open (BEL) 1988 & 1989
Winmau Dutch Masters 1989
Flanders Open (BEL) 1989
Rotterdam Open (NL) 1989
Harskamp Open (NL) 1990
Venlo Open (NL) 1990
Malta Champion of Champions 1991
NDAGB UK Doubles 1989
BDO Easter Gala Doubles 1986

updated = January 30, 2008

Steve Brown (born July 15, 1962) is an American darts player who had the majority of his success during the 1990s when he finished third at the inaugural Professional Darts Corporation's version of the World Championship in 1994 - after the majority of top players decided to separate from the British Darts Organisation.

During that successful run in the 1994 PDC World Darts Championship Brown beat Kevin Spiolek, Keith Deller and Alan Warriner to reach the last four before losing heavily 0-5 to Phil Taylor. He then beat Peter Evison 5-1 in the third/fourth place play-off, a feature which is no longer staged in the event. Later in 1994, Brown also reached the semi-finals of the PDC Greene King U.K. Masters in Bury St. Edmunds.

Having played league darts from the age of 13, Brown made his debut for the Surrey County 'B' Team (in the British Inter-Counties League) in September 1978. After three years struggling to hold down a team place, he joined the London County squad in 1981, and by 1983, had become established in the London 'A' Team. In 1989 Brown received the great honour of being selected as London Team Captain, following in the footsteps of such illustrious names as Eric Bristow, Cliff Lazarenko, and Clive Pearce.

His first World-Ranked titles came in 1988 with wins at the Dutch Open and North American Open (which he retained the following year). Another particularly successful year was 1991, when he won the Swiss Open and Darts America, and also reached the final of the French Open, Malta Open and German Open. He was also a semi-finalist at the Belgium Open and a quarter-finalist in the Dutch Open. Despite this success, he never competed at the World Championship until the devastating split in the game when the PDC (then known as the World Darts Council) invited several North American players to join the 16 players who had left the BDO to form their own organisation.

He competed at the PDC World Championship each year between 1994 and 2004, but never managed to repeat the form he showed at that first event in 1994 - only reaching the last 16 in 1999 and 2000. His best performance at the World Matchplay came in 2000 when he made it to the quarter-finals but lost heavily to Ronnie Baxter.

Brown has also had success on the North American darts circuit reaching several World-Ranked finals including the 1998 Calgary Golden Harvest (losing to Rod Harrington), the 1999 Cleveland Darts Extravaganza (losing to Alan Warriner), the 2001 Blueberry Hill Open (losing to John Part), and the 2006 U.S.A. Darts Classic (losing to David Marienthal). He won the 2004 Windy City Open and was runner-up the following year. In fact, Brown is one of a very small handful of players to have won World-Ranked events in three different decades, and is also the only player to hold all three ADO National Championships simultaneously. He is also the only American male to be inducted into both the US National Darts Hall of Fame, and the Golden Harvest International Darts Hall of Fame.

He lost out controversially on a place at the 2008 Lakeside World Championship. He made it to the the semi-finals of the qualifiers in Bridlington - only to lose to Michael Rosenauer who then beat Swedish player Kenneth Hogwall to qualify for Lakeside. Rosenauer had also achieved qualification status for the PDC World Championship and elected to choose that championship instead - thus upsetting those players who he had knocked out of the qualifiers for the BDO version.

Steve Brown recently qualified for the 2008 Winmau World Masters, an event he first qualified for back in 1988, and also the qualifying event for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship.

Trivia

Steve's father, Ken was also a darts player during the 1970s. Although not as successful as his son, he was the first player ever to play in an official international match. In March 1974, Ken represented a Great Britain (BDO) team which played against the USA in New York. He was first on, and beat Nicky Virachkul 2-1. Ken Brown's best tournament result came in reaching the last 16 of the Winmau World Masters in 1976. He also represented England six times (winning five) including a Man-of-the Match performance against Wales in 1978 (his last England appearance), and partnered Sandra Gibb to victory in the Mixed Doubles event in Yorkshire TV's Indoor League.

References

External links

* [http://www.teessidesoftware.no-ip.com/DartsDatabase/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=1548 Steve Brown results] dartsdatabase