Canadian curling legend Don Duguid of Winnipeg, Manitoba passed away on Wednesday at the age of 90 according to the Canadian Press on Thursday. Duguid won two gold medals for Canada at the World Men’s Curling Championships and won three Briers.
Duguid’s Brier titles came in 1965, 1970 and 1971. In 1965 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Duguid was the third for a Manitoba team skipped by Terry Braunstein of Binscarth, Manitoba. Braunstein’s record was nine wins and one loss. In 1970 in Winnipeg, it was time for Duguid to skip and Manitoba had the best record in the round robin again at nine wins and loss.
Then in 1971 in Quebec City, Quebec, Duguid had a round robin record of eight wins and two losses. Due to the fact there was a three-way tie for first, there was a semifinals and finals to determine the Brier champion. In the final, Manitoba defeated Northern Ontario’s Bill Tetley 11-6 in the final.
Duguid’s first world championship title came in 1970 in Utica, New York. Canada had a perfect record of seven wins and zero losses in the round robin, and beat Scotland’s Bill Muirhead 11-4 in the final. Duguid’s second world championship title came in 1971 in Megeve, France. Canada had a perfect record of seven wins and zero losses in the round robin, and beat Scotland’s James Sanderson 9-5 in the final.
After curling, Duguid was the top curling analyst for CBC Sports from 1972 to 2000. He was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1974, Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1981, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1991 and the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame in 2013. Duguid received the Order of Manitoba in 2014 and the Order of Canada in 2020.
