Wally Ursuliak
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| Born | c. 1929 (age 94–95) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Alberta Avenue CC Edmonton, AB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Hec Gervais | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Ray Werner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Vic Raymer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Wally Ursuliak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wally Ursuliak (born c. 1929) is a Canadian curler from Morinville, Alberta.[1]
Overviews[edit]
He was the lead on the Alberta Avenue CC curling team (from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) during the World Curling Championships known as the 1961 Scotch Cup. He was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 2006.[2]
During the 1960s and 1970s, he along with Ray Turnbull and Don Duguid operated a series of curling clinics in Europe to try to popularize the game. In 1980s, he is also credited to introducing the game to the Japanese island of Hokkaido.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Japanese gesture brings memories back to Alberta curling guru". CBC News. 2016-09-05. Archived from the original on 2016-09-28.
- ^ "Ursuliak, Wally — CCA Hall of Fame — ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle". Archived from the original on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ [1][usurped]
- ^ "Curling: Albertans Sweeping The World". Edmonton Commonwealth Walkway.
External links[edit]
- Wally Ursuliak at World Curling
- Wally Ursuliak – Curling Canada Stats Archive
- "Classic Curler: Hector Gervais". Curling Canada. 2011-09-20. Archived from the original on 2021-06-19.
- "Curling Legends Podcast: Episode 24 - Wally Ursuliak". 2017-10-26. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12.
- Video:
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