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Joe Hitchcock

Born: 1915-01-01 • North London, England, UK

For almost a quarter of a century after the Second World War the former toolmaker had a professional contract with the Watneys Brewery, the first for a darts player and performed many exhibitions with both his darts and nails.

The first Embassy World Professional Championship Programme in 1978 featured a full page article on his career and a few years earlier Noel E Williamson, the famed darting poet even immortalised the great man in verse.

From patrickchaplin.com

Filmography
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Darts Tarts – Welcome to my World
2006 • Self (archive footage)