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Other names | Big Alex [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Hamilton & Thornyhill CC [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member Association | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship appearances | 4 (1964, 1972, 1973, 1975) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex A. "Big Alex" Torrance (born c. 1936) [3] is a Scottish curler. He is a 1964 World men's championship silver medallist [4] and four-time Scottish men's champion.
Torrance and the entirety of his 1964 Scottish champion rink were farmers from Hamilton. [3] Torrance is the cousin of his skip on that team, also named Alex. [5]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1963–64 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Robert Kirkland | Jimmy Waddell | SMCC 1964 WCC 1964 |
1964–65 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Robert Kirkland | Jimmy Waddell | EInt. 1965 |
1966–67 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Robert Kirkland | Jimmy Waddell | EInt. 1967 |
1967–68 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Robert Kirkland | Jimmy Waddell | EInt. 1968 |
1971–72 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Robert Kirkland | Jimmy Waddell | SMCC 1972 WCC 1972 (4th) |
1972–73 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Tom McGregor | Willie Kerr | SMCC 1973 WCC 1973 (4th) |
1974–75 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Tom McGregor | Willie Kerr | SMCC 1975 WCC 1975 (5th) |
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Alex S., the skip, is 30; third Alex Torrance (a cousin) is 27