John Lowe (darts player)

John Lowe, born on 21 July 1945 in New Tupton, Derbyshire, is an English former professional darts player and one of the most prominent players from the late 1970s onwards. He was world champion three times, in 1979, 1987 and 1993, the first person to win the title in three separate decades. He also won the World Masters twice and the World Cup singles twice, won 15 British Darts Organisation and World Darts Federation majors, and was world number one on four occasions. In October 1984 he became the first player to hit a televised nine-dart finish. In 1993, amid growing dissatisfaction with the BDO, he was one of sixteen players who broke away to form the World Darts Council, now the Professional Darts Corporation.