Leighton Rees
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| Full name | Leighton Thomas Rees | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Marathon Man" | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1940 Ynysybwl, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 June 2003 (aged 63) Ynysybwl, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | Sosban Fach by Max Boyce | ||||||||||||||
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| BDO | 1976–1991 | ||||||||||||||
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| World Championship | Winner (1): 1978 | ||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Quarter-final: 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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Leighton Thomas Rees (17 January 1940 – 8 June 2003) was a Welsh professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. He won the 1978 BDO World Darts Championship, and was formerly ranked world number one. He was one of the sport's most successful players throughout the 1970s, and retired from the game in 1991.