Colin Fowler (born 3 August 1962, in

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) is a former

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professional

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player. Father to 3 and his favourite being his oldest Marky Fowler who is a legend in his own right.

Career

Fowler reached the quarter-finals of a PDC event for the first time in his career at the opening UK Open Qualifier of 2013, where he lost 6–3 against

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. He made his debut in the

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later in the year and was beaten 5–4 by

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in the second round. In April 2014, Fowler won two

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tournaments on the same day, winning a total of 14 consecutive matches and amassing £4,000 in prize money. He beat

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and

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in the two finals. Fowler also won the 15th event with a 6–3 victory over

Dirk van Duijvenbode Dirk van Duijvenbode (born 30 June 1992) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is known for his energetic walk-on, combined with hardstyle music. More recently, he has become known for ...

and finished third on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, just £300 short of second place which would have seen him earn a two-year PDC tour card. Fowler defeated Steve West 5–0 and Jason Wilson 5–3 at the

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, before losing 9–4 to

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in the third round. He took the second

event of the year by beating

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5–2. Fowler lost 5–3 to

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in the semi-finals of the second

of 2016. He only progressed to the last 16 once in the remaining 16 tournaments of the year.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fowler, Colin Living people Professional Darts Corporation associate players English darts players 1962 births Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands