| Murray Ursulak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Murray Ursuliak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Ottewell CC, Edmonton, AB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Alberta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 1 (1989) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1989) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other appearances | World Junior Championships: 1 (1979) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Murray R. [1] Ursulak [2] is a Canadian curler, 1989 World Men's champion [3] and 1989 Brier champion.
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
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| 1977–78 | Darren Fish | Lorne Barker | Murray Ursulak | Barry Barker | CJCC 1978  | |
| 1978–79 | Darren Fish | Lorne Barker | Murray Ursulak | Randy Ursuliak | WJCC 1979 | |
| 1988–89 | Pat Ryan | Randy Ferbey | Don Walchuk | Don McKenzie | Murray Ursulak | Brier 1989 WCC 1989 |
His distant cousin[ citation needed ] Wally is a 1961 World and 1961 Brier champion. His brother Randy [4] is a curler too, and were teammates when they won the 1979 World Juniors. His son[ citation needed ] Richard Ursulak was drafted 280 overall in the 2006 WHL Bantam draft by the Tri-City Americans. [5]
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