JOHN PART created history when he won the PDC World Darts Championship in 2003.

He ended Phil Taylor's run of eight consecutive world title victories and became the first non-Brit to become world champion.

Record-Breaking Win

Part, 57, beat Taylor 7-6 in the final at the Circus Tavern and earned £237,000 in prize money.

Stopping Phil Taylor's Streak

If not for that win, Taylor would have won 12 world championship titles in a row.

Multiple Championships

Five years later Prat again claimed glory, winning the first World Darts Championship held at Ally Pally.

The Canadian also won the BDO World Darts Championship in 1994 and remains the only non-European to taste victory.

An Insulting Omission

Despite his accomplishments, Part was left out of the gallery of champions, with giant murals of Taylor, Adrian Lewis, and Raymond van Barneveld instead featuring on the walls of Ally Pally in 2012.

Part, who is nicknamed Darth Maple, fumed at the time, branding his omission an "insult".

Still in the Game

Part last competed in the World Darts Championship in 2015 and now features at the tournament in a punditry capacity working for Sky Sports.

But he does still play on the World Seniors Tour when he walks out to Star Wars' The Imperial March – Darth Vader's theme.