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| Curling club | Nutana CC, Saskatoon, SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Saskatchewan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 2: (1979, 1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James R. Wilson is a Canadian curler from Shellbrook, Saskatchewan. [1] He is a 1980 World Men's champion and a 1980 Brier champion.
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972–73 | Jim Wilson | Cam Hutchison | Rodger Schmidt | Norm Gilbertson | CJCC 1973 (?th) [4] |
| 1978–79 | Rick Folk | Bob Thompson | Tom Wilson | Jim Wilson | Brier 1979  |
| 1979–80 | Rick Folk | Ron Mills | Tom Wilson | Jim Wilson | Brier 1980  WCC 1980 |
| 2000–01 | Mark Lane | Dave Folk | Jim Wilson | Brad Gee | |
| 2004–05 | Eugene Hritzuk | Larry Ruf | Jim Wilson | Dave Folk | CSCC 2005 |
| 2005–06 | Eugene Hritzuk | Larry Ruf | Jim Wilson | Dave Folk | CSCC 2006  |
| 2013–14 | Eugene Hritzuk | Jim Wilson | Verne Anderson | Dave Folk | CMCC 2014 |
| 2015–16 | Eugene Hritzuk | Jim Wilson | Verne Anderson | Dave Folk | CMCC 2016 [5] |
| 2016–17 | Jim Wilson | Colin Coben | Dale Kohlenberg | Daryl Eddingfield | CMCC 2017 [6] |
His brother Tom is a curler too and Jim's teammate.
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