Athlete.
Born at Winnipeg in 1929, he played minor hockey in the 1940s. He represented Manitoba at the Brier curling bonspiel in 1964 and 1967, playing second on the Bruce Hudson rink. He served as President of the Strathcona Curling Club (1966-1967). In 1998, he was inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame and the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. He was named one of five finalists for Manitoba Male Amateur Athlete of the Century, in 2000. He worked as a chartered accountant from 1952 to 1989. He retired to Kelowna, British Columbia in 1999 and died there on 12 September 2013.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 17 September 2013.
We thank Frances Kasper and Rick Mutton for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 October 2022
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