Barney Curley, betting mastermind and charity pioneer, dies aged 81
Professional gambler Barney Curley who was behind a number of the turf’s greatest betting coups
Barney Curley, the architect of several of the turf’s greatest betting coups and the founder of a charity that transformed the lives of thousands of children in Africa, died on Sunday at the age of 81.
In an extraordinary life both on and off the turf, Curley won millions of pounds from the bookies over many decades and raised millions more to fund his work in Zambia with the charity Direct Aid For Africa (Dafa), which he set up following the death of his 18-year-old son, Charlie, in 1995.
