Dennis Priestley

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Dennis Priestley
Priestley in 2007
Personal information
Nickname	"The Menace"
Born	(1950-07-16) 16 July 1950 (age 74) Mexborough, Yorkshire, England
Home town	Mexborough, Yorkshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1975
Darts	17 Gram Winmau
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Hell Raiser" by The Sweet
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1989–1993
PDC	1993–2014 (founding member)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Winner (1): 1991
World Masters	Winner (1): 1992
World Trophy	Last 16: 2007
Int. Darts League	Last 32 Group: 2007
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Winner (1): 1994
World Matchplay	Runner-up: 1994, 1995, 1996
World Grand Prix	Semi-final: 2000, 2005, 2006
UK Open	Last 16: 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012
Grand Slam	Group stage: 2007
European Ch'ship	Last 16: 2008
Premier League	Semi-final: 2007
Ch'ship League	Winners Group 7th: 2011
Desert Classic	Quarter-final: 2006
PC Finals	Quarter-final: 2009
Other tournament wins
Antwerp Open 1994, 1995 Australian Masters 1992 Australian Open Players Championship 2010 British Classic 1997 British Gold Cup 1991, 1992 British Matchplay 1991 British Open 1993 British Pentathlon 1992 Canadian Open 1993, 1994 Gem City Open 1996 Golden Harvest North American Cup 1996 Isle of Man Open 1988, 1989 Jersey Festival of Darts 1991 Le Skratch Montreal Open 2003, 2005 Los Angeles Open 1989, 1992 Pacific Masters 1992 WDC UK Matchplay 1993, 1994 PDC World Pairs 1995 Quebec Open 2003 Vauxhall Spring Pro 2006 Welsh Open 1992 Windy City Open 1997 Witch City Open 1994 World Champions Challenge 1991 Players Championships Players Championship (BRI) 2008 Players Championship (CAN) 2008, 2009 Players Championship (GIB) 2006 Players Championship (IRE) 2008 Players Championship (NWE) 2009 US Open Players Championship 2009 UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers UK Open Regional (SWE) 2007
Other achievements
November 1994 to April 1995 WDC World Ranked 1
Updated on 17 February 2008.

Dennis Priestley (born 16 July 1950) is an English former professional darts player. He won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC (now PDC) world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively. He was nicknamed "The Menace", after the Beano character Dennis the Menace, and reflected this by wearing red and black and using red and black flights.