Andy Fordham, 59, professional darts player

[Michael Rhodes]

Andy "The Viking" Fordham, who died 15 July 2021, aged 59, was an English professional darts player. He won the 2004 BDO World Darts Championship and the 1999 Winmau World Masters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Fordham

Fordham made his first appearance on the stage at Lakeside in the 1995 BDO World Darts Championship and reached the semi-finals before losing to Richie Burnett. Another semi-final defeat followed in 1996, this time to Steve Beaton. On both these occasions, his victor then went on to claim the title. Second round defeats followed in 1997 (to Marshall James) and 1998 (to Raymond van Barneveld) before Fordham made it to the semi-final stage of the World Championship for third time in 1999, but was defeated by Ronnie Baxter.

[Michael Rhodes]

Andy Fordham, world champion darts player who drank bottles of lager before competing and claimed not to practise

Andy Fordham, who has died aged 59, was the British Darts Organisation Embassy world darts champion in 2004; a familiar figure on the international darts circuit from the mid-1990s, he enjoyed a devoted following wherever he played....

His appearance and mullet hairstyle earned him his nickname, ‘The Viking’, a moniker which belied a self-effacing and gentle nature

[Daily Telegraph]