David Howie (curler)

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David Howie
Curler
Team
Curling clubKilgraston & Moncrieffe, Perth
Skip Chuck Hay
Third John Bryden
Second Alan Glen
Lead David Howie
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Championship
appearances		4 (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968)
Medal record
Curling
World Men's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1967 Perth
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1966 Vancouver
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1968 Point-Claire
Scottish Men's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1965
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1966
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1967
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1968

David Howie (born c. 1927) [1] is a Scottish curler.

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He played lead on Chuck Hay's team out of the Kilgraston & Moncrieffe Curling Club in Perth, Scotland during a very successful run in the 1960s. The team won the Scottish Men's Championship four years in a row, [2] earning them the right to represent Scotland at the World Curling Championships in those years. At World's in 1966 [3] and 1968 [4] The Hay rink took home the silver medal, with Canada winning the Championship each of those years. At the 1967 World Men's Championship they defeated Team Sweden, skipped by Bob Woods, in the final to win Scotland's first World Men's Championship. [5] [6] [7]

Howie worked as a farmer in Perthshire. [8]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
1964–65 Chuck Hay John Bryden Alan Glen David Howie1965 SMCC Gold medal icon.svg
1965 WMCC (4th)
1965–66Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid Howie1966 SMCC Gold medal icon.svg
1966 WMCC Silver medal icon.svg
1966–67Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid Howie1967 SMCC Gold medal icon.svg
1967 WMCC Gold medal icon.svg
1967–68Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid Howie1968 SMCC Gold medal icon.svg
1968 WMCC Silver medal icon.svg
1987–88 Grant McPherson R. GrayDavid Howie Robert Wilson Edinburgh Int'l Gold medal icon.svg

References

  1. ↑ "Scottish Rink Upsets Overconfident Americans". Nanaimo Daily News. 22 March 1966. p. 8. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "SCOTTISH CHAMPIONS MEN". Scottish Curling. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Scotch Cup 1966". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Air Canada Silver Broom 1968". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Scotch Cup 1967". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "WORLD MEN'S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALLISTS". Scottish Curling. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Obituary - Chuck Hay, world curling champion". The Herald. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Canada Plays Swedish Four in Scotch Cup Opening Round". Nanaimo Daily News. 21 March 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 5 March 2022.


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