LONDON — Leighton Rees, a factory worker who became the world’s first professional darts champion and helped give the working-class pub game broad appeal, has died. He was 63.

DARTS legend Leighton Rees - the first-ever winner of the Embassy World Darts crown in 1978 - died yesterday at the age of 63. The giant of Welsh darts was a proud member of the Wales team which ...

Leighton Rees, a factory worker who became the world's first professional darts champion and helped give the working-class pub game broad appeal, has died at age 63.

Leighton Rees, the first-ever winner of the Embassy World Darts crown in 1978, has died at the age of 63. The Welsh darts giant beat England's John Lowe 11-7 (in legs) to take the inaugural title and ...

Leighton Rees, who died on Sunday aged 63, was the first Embassy World Professional Darts Champion. Born on January 17 1940, Leighton Rees spent almost all his life at Ynysybwl, near Pontypridd in ...