Steve Raw

Originally a county player in the North East,^[3] Raw became one of the earliest members of the newly-formed Professional Darts Corporation (then WDC) in 1994, playing in the inaugural World Matchplay and losing in the first round to eventual champion Larry Butler.^[4][5] Raw would become a mainstay of early PDC events thereafter. attracting attention in his first World Championship appearance due to being a replacement for former world champion Jocky Wilson.^[6]

Despite a relatively pedestrian televised event record (not passing the last sixteen in either the World Matchplay or World Championship), he did achieve one notable result in a major event, reaching the 1996 PDC World Pairs final in conjunction with Chris Mason. They lost 18-15 to Phil Taylor and Bob Anderson.^[7][8] He would also be contemporaneously noted for a strange throwing action by fellow dart player Paul Nicholson.^[9]

Raw left the professional dart scene in 2001 after deciding not to return from a trip he had taken to the United States with fellow dart player Shayne Burgess. He still resides in America to this day.^[10]

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