The United States Men's Curling Championship is the annual men's national curling championship for the United States. It is run by the United States Curling Association (USCA) and typically held in conjunction with the Women's Championship. The champion is eligible to represent the United States at the World Men's Curling Championships if they also rank in the top 75 teams over the last two seasons in the World Curling Tour Order of Merit or have earned 40 points in the Order of Merit year-to-date rankings.
Raymond "Bud" Somerville is an American curler. He is a two-time World champion, and five time American champion.
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's and women's versions of junior and senior championships. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started in 1979. The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008. Since 2005, the men's and women's championships have been held in different venues, with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year: the men's championship in odd years, and the women's championship in even years. Canada has dominated both the men's and women's championships since their inception, although Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, the United States, Norway and China have all won at least one championship.
John Bryden (1927–2012) was a Scottish curler. He competed in four World Championships, winning the gold medal in 1967.
Alan Glen is a Scottish curler.
James Hamilton is a Scottish curler. Hamilton played lead on Chuck Hay's team from the Kilgraston & Moncrieffe Curling Club in Perth, Scotland during the 1963 World Curling Championships known as the Scotch Cup. The team finished second out of the four teams that participated that year.
Dick Brown is an American curler. Brown was the skip on a team out of Hibbing Curling Club in Hibbing, Minnesota which won the US National Championship two times, in 1959 and 1962. The team was mostly family, including Brown's father-in-law Fran Kleffman at second and brother-in-law Terry Kleffman at third. The only non-family member was Nick Jerulle at lead. In 1962 the team represented the United States at the World Championship, which was then called the 1962 Scotch Cup. This was only the second time the United States had competed in the Championship. Brown's team finished with a 4-2 record, good enough to earn them the silver medal.
Fran Kleffman is an American curler. Kleffman was the second on a team out of Hibbing Curling Club in Hibbing, Minnesota which won the US National Championship two times, in 1959 and 1962. The team was mostly family, consisting of Kleffman's son Terry Kleffman at third and son-in-law Dick Brown at skip. The only non-family member was Nick Jerulle at lead. In 1962 the team went on to represent the United States at the World Championship, which was then called the 1962 Scotch Cup. This was only the second time the United States had competed in the Championship. Kleffman's team finished with a 4-2 record, good enough to earn them the silver medal.
Nick Jerulle is an American curler. Jerulle played lead on a team out of Hibbing Curling Club in Hibbing, Minnesota which won the US National Championship two times, in 1959 and 1962. The team was a family affair other than Jerulle, consisting of Fran Kleffman at second, Kleffman's son Terry Kleffman at third, and Fran Kleffman's son-in-law Dick Brown at skip. In 1962 the team went on to represent the United States at the World Championship, which was then called the 1962 Scotch Cup. This was only the second time the United States had competed in the Championship. Jerulle's team finished with a 4-2 record, good enough to earn them the silver medal.
Cory Christensen is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. Christensen was one of the top junior women's curlers in the United States, playing in six national junior championships and winning four of them. She was the alternate on Nina Roth's 2018 United States Olympic team.
Sarah Anderson is an American curler from Broomall, Pennsylvania. Along with her twin sister Taylor, she was United States National Champion in 2019 and World Junior silver medalist in 2016.
Taylor Anderson is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Along with her twin sister Sarah, she was United States National Champion in 2019 and World Junior silver medalist in 2016.
Mackenzie Lank is an American curler. She has won the US Junior Championship twice and US Women's Championship once. She has frequently played with her mother, Patti Lank. She currently resides in Peterborough, Ontario.
Bruce Roberts is an American curler from Hibbing, Minnesota.
Joe Roberts is an American curler from Hibbing, Minnesota.
Gary Kleffman is an American curler from Hibbing, Minnesota.
Jerry Scott is an American curler from Hibbing, Minnesota.
David Howie is a Scottish curler.
Victoria "Vicky" Persinger is an American curler from Fairbanks, Alaska. She is a two-time United States women's national champion.
Madison Bear is an American curler from Portage, Wisconsin. As a junior curler Bear was a two-time United States champion and a World runner-up.
