Tom Wright (curler)
Appearance
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Curling club | Superior CC, Superior, Wisconsin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Championship appearances | 2 (1965, 1968) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom Wright is an American curler.
He is a World Men's champion (1968), bronze medallist (1965)[1] and a two-time United States men's champion (1965,[2] 1968).
Awards
[edit]- United States Curling Association Hall of Fame:[3] 1994 (with all 1965 world champions team: skip Bud Somerville, third Bill Strum and second Al Gagne).
Teams
[edit]Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1964–65 | Bud Somerville | Bill Strum | Al Gagne | Tom Wright | USMCC 1965 ![]() WCC 1965 ![]() |
1967–68 | Bud Somerville | Bill Strum | Al Gagne | Tom Wright | USMCC 1968 ![]() WCC 1968 ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ Tom Wright on the World Curling database
- ^ La Fontaine, Barbara (March 15, 1965). "A STONE'S THROW TO A PLAYDOWN". Sports Illustrated. p. 20. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Hall of Fame Members - USA Curling - Team USA
External links
[edit]- Tom Wright at World Curling
- Curling Superiority!: A History of Superior Wisconsin's Championship Curling Club - Google Books (p. 49)
- OOOH, WHAT A DRAWING GAME! | Vault - Sports Illustrated