John Walton

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Walton
Occupation	Darts Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 10, 1961(1961-11-10)
Age	63
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Scorpio

John Walton Biography

John Walton is one of the most popular and richest Darts Player who was born on November 10, 1961 in England, England, United Kingdom. Professional darts player from England and the first World Champion to wear glasses during competition.

He competed against fellow darts player Colin Lloyd.

Walton picked up some small tournament victories in the early stages of his career, including the Websters 150 Championship in 1993 and the Highlands Open Championship in 1996 but didn’t manage to qualify for the World Championship until 1999 when he lost 0–3 to Roland Scholten on his first round debut. He failed to qualify for the World Championship in 2000, but in the autumn of that year he won the prestigious Winmau World Masters. Despite that success, he was 50/1 with the bookmakers to win the World title in the New Year, and his Masters form possibly led to him being tipped by darts pundit Bobby George at the start of the BBC televised coverage as a possible winner.

Walton opened his 2001 campaign with a 3–1 first round win over Ritchie Davies and averaged an excellent 100.62 during the match. He then beat Mervyn King 3–0 with another high average of 99.00. His quarter-final victory over Marko Pusa saw Walton achieve an incredible 14 consecutive legs. Not surprisingly, the result was a 5–0 whitewash. Walton then beat Wayne Mardle 5–3 in the semi- final and Ted Hankey 6–2 in the final to become World Champion and also one of only a few players to have held both the Winmau World Masters and World Championship simultaneously. He joined Eric Bristow, Phil Taylor, Richie Burnett and Bob Anderson as the fourth player to win them in the same season. Martin Adams and Stephen Bunting have since joined this elite group of players. He has enjoyed only moderate success since his 2001 World Championship victory – the defence of his title ended with a second round loss to Colin Monk and he went out in the second round to Davies in 2003. He did manage to reach the 2004 quarter-finals, but lost 1–5 to Raymond van Barneveld. In 2005 he lost to Darryl Fitton in the second round and he was knocked out by Stephen Roberts in 2006. Another second round defeat, this time to Gary Robson followed in 2007, and in 2008 he lost in the first round to the then-reigning Winmau World Masters champion Robert Thornton. He hasn’t won any of the major open events since his successful year in 2001 when he took the British Open, British Classic, Belgium Open, Scottish Open and Portland Open. Overall his tournament success has dried up since winning the world title, but he continues to maintain a high world ranking by progressing to the quarter- final and semi-final stages of several Open darts events.

He was born and raised in Yorkshire, England.

John Walton Net Worth

John Walton is one of the richest Darts Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Walton 's net worth $30 Billion. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began playing professionally in 1993.

His nickname is John Boy and his walk on music is “Cotton Eyed Joe” by Rednex.

John Michael Walton (born 10 November 1961 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is a retired professional English darts player. He was best known for winning the 2001 BDO World Darts Championship. He adopted the nickname John Boy and used the song “Cotton Eye Joe” by Rednex as his walk-on theme.

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Facts & Trivia

John Ranked on the list of most popular Darts Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. John Walton celebrates birthday on November 10 of every year.

Who was John Walton?

John Thomas Walton (October 8, 1946 – June 27, 2005) was an American war veteran and a son of Walmart founder Sam Walton. He was also the chairman of True North Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. Walton cofounded the Children’s Scholarship Fund, providing tuition scholarships for disadvantaged youth.

What did John Walton do for a living?

Family patriarch John, called Daddy by his children, (pilot, Andrew Duggan; series and sequels, Ralph Waite) is a hard-working, industrious man who runs a small family sawmill on his property on Walton’s Mountain. He is the second son of Esther Walton (née Morgan) and Zebulon Tyler Walton.

What war was John Walton?

World War II deeply affects the family. All four Walton boys enlist in the military. Mary Ellen’s physician husband, Curtis “Curt” Willard, is sent to Pearl Harbor and is reported to have perished in the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941.

How much is John Walton worth?

In March, Forbes magazine listed John Walton as No. 11 on its list of the world’s richest people, with a net worth of $18.2 billion.

Is The Waltons based on a true story?

Lies the small town of Schulyer, Virginia, home of the Hamner family – the real-life family on which the Waltons were based. The mountain town of Schuyler is home to about 400 residents, and there the two-story Hamner family home still stands.