Robert Smith was born on 29 May 1948 and is a Scottish former professional darts player.
23 Facts About Rab Smith
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Rab Smith won numerous tournaments in the late 1970s and early 1980s when he was twice a World Championship quarter-finalist.
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Rab Smith retired from professional darts at a relatively young age in 1983 to spend more time with his children.
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Rab Smith is the only son of Robert and Kathleen Smith, and has a sister named Kathleen.
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Rab Smith continued with this vocation until he took early retirement in 2011.
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Rab Smith married Doreen and had two children who share the names of his parents, Kathleen and Robert.
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Rab Smith was introduced to darts around the age of 9 or 10 by his father.
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Rab Smith's inspiration to improve was a local player named Joe Little at another Dumfries pub, The Hole I' The Wa'.
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Rab Smith debuted for Scotland in the 1973 Home Internationals.
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Rab Smith continued to represent Scotland until he gave up professional darts in the early 1980s.
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Rab Smith succeeded George Nicol to captain Scotland for five of those years.
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Rab Smith became the NDAGB Scottish Champion that same year.
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Rab Smith was the NDAGB British Champion playing in the final the north-west's Eric Barlow.
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Rab Smith won the British Pentathlon, beating Alan Glazier in the final.
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Rab Smith initially hit single 18 but then finished on double 9.
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Rab Smith eliminated Andre Declerq of Belgium and Wales' Alan Evans and then beat John Lowe in the final.
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In 2007 Rab Smith gave the 'golden darts' to his grandson Rory for his first birthday.
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Rab Smith reached the final of the 1980 Winmau World Masters, beating Cliff Lazarenko, Canadian Bob Sinnaeve and USA's Nicky Virachkul to reach the final, where he lost to John Lowe.
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In 1981 captaining Jocky Wilson and Angus Ross for Scotland, Rab Smith won the 1981 BDO Nations Cup beating Bristow, Lowe and Lazarenko of England in the final.
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Rab Smith played in the first six successive Embassy World Darts Championships.
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In 1979, Rab Smith beat United States's Conrad Daniels in the first round and then avenged his defeat of Lord in the previous year by beating him in the second round, he went on to bow out in the quarter-final once more, losing to then-reigning champion Leighton Rees of Wales.
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Rab Smith suffered a first round exit in 1980, lost to Tony Sontag.
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Rab Smith then suffered two successive first round exits firstly to fellow Scot and that year's winner, Jocky Wilson in 1982.