# Leighton Rees

> Leighton Thomas Rees 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.

*Darts player (1940–2003)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/leighton-rees

## Identity
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1940-01-17
- **Died:** 2003-06-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4800133/ (@nm4800133)

## Sources
- [Leighton Rees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighton_Rees)
- [Leighton Rees](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighton_Rees)
- [Leighton Rees](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighton_Rees)
- [Лейтон Ріс](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%81)
- [レイトン・リース](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9)
- [Leighton Rees](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighton_Rees)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1815066)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/leighton-rees