bdo birth_place resultyears homecountry tournament article_title hometown name
1983-1986 england 1985 england british open john cosnett
 wolverhampton , west midlands john cosnett
john cosnett

john cosnett is a retired english professional darts player who competed in the 1980s .
he has one daughter -lrb- jane -rrb- from his first marriage , and a son -lrb- greg -rrb- and daughter -lrb- kirsty -rrb- from his second to cherry to whom he is still married .
cosnett won the 1985 british open , beating welshman peter locke in the final .
despite winning one of the biggest prizes in the history of professional darts , cosnett never managed to meet his new-found expectations which took him to # 16 in the world rankings .
he competed in the 1985 bdo world darts championship , and won the opening round against rab scott , but was defeated in the second round by his fellow englishman john lowe .
he also competed in the 1985 winmau world masters , defeating keith deller in the first round , before losing to steve gittins in the last 16 stage .
john appeared on itv 's bullseye in 1985 as the celebrity darts player , and made the highest score of the series - 361 .
after that , cosnett never played in any more major tournaments and faded out of mainstream darts .
in 2006 , cosnett suffered a serious stroke which almost killed him , followed several months later by another which again he was lucky to survive .
he blames the smoking and drinking culture of the 1980s and '90s darts scene for this .
as of 2011 , john is still with his second wife cherry , and still lives in the wolverhampton area .
cosnett is a big fan of wolverhampton wanderers , and still gets recognised by fans whenever he attends home matches .
