Bill_Grant_(curler)

Bill Grant (curler)

Bill Grant (curler)

Canadian curler

William Alexander Grant (June 16, 1882 – April 16, 1942) was a Canadian curler. He was the lead of the 1928 and 1929 Brier Champion teams (skipped by Gordon Hudson), representing Manitoba.[1] Grant was a 1975 inductee to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.[2][3] He died suddenly in 1942 while attending a curling meeting at the Fort Rouge Curling Club.[4]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Grant was married twice and had two children with his second wife Doris, Thomas Alexander Grant (1928-2002) and Barbara Longworth nee:Grant (1931-2020).[citation needed]

1928 & 1929 Macdonalds Brier Hearts

References

  1. [1]
    Mott, Morris; Allardyce, John (13 June 1989). Curling Capital: Winnipeg and the Roarin' Game, 1876 To 1988. Univ. of Manitoba Press. ISBN 9780887553172 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    "Grant, William A. – CCA Hall of Fame - ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle".
  3. [3]
    Inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame 2008."1928 & 1929 Gordon Hudson Team".
  4. [4]
    "William Grant, Active Curler, Dies Suddenly Thursday at Meeting, Winnipeg Free Press, Friday, April 17, 1942, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, pg 4". 17 April 1942.


Flag of CanadaBiography icon

This biographical article relating to Canadian curling is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Bill_Grant_(curler), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.