| Ken Templeton | |||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | St. John's CC, St. John's, NL | ||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Newfoundland | ||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 1 (1976) | ||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1976) | ||||||||||||||
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Kenneth A. Templeton [1] (born c. 1951) [2] is a Canadian curler.
At the national level, he won the 1976 Macdonald Brier, as a member of the first ever team from Newfoundland and Labrador to win the Brier.
As of 1992, Templeton was employed as a lawyer in St. John's. [2] At the time of the 1976 Brier, he was employed as a chartered accountant. [3]
| Season [4] | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965–66 [5] | Dan Herder | Andrew Baird | Ken Templeton | Robert Hopkins | CJCC 1966 (T8th) [6] |
| 1975–76 | Jack MacDuff | Toby McDonald | Doug Hudson | Ken Templeton | Brier 1976  WCC 1976 (9th) |
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