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Curling club | St. John's CC, St. John's, NL, Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's, NL | ||||||||||||||
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Member Association | Newfoundland and Labrador | ||||||||||||||
Brier appearances | 6 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1992, 1998, 2002) | ||||||||||||||
World Championship appearances | 1 (1976) | ||||||||||||||
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Tobias F. "Toby" McDonald, [1] ONL (born c. 1949) [2] is a Canadian curler, curling coach and lawyer from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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.
He coached the Canadian men's curling team at the 2006 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal.
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
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1967–68 [3] | Marty Dalton | Tobi McDonald | Douglas Ryan | Richard Feehan | CJCC 1968 (T10th) [4] | |
1975–76 | Jack MacDuff | Toby McDonald | Doug Hudson | Ken Templeton | Brier 1976 WCC 1976 (9th) | |
1978–79 | Jeff Thomas | Toby McDonald | Peter Hollett | Ken Thomas | Brier 1979 (11th) | |
1979–80 | Toby McDonald | Shelly McDonald | John Allan | Ann Bowering | CMxCC 1980 [5] | |
1980–81 | Toby McDonald | Jim Miller | John Allan | Neil Young | Brier 1981 (11th) | |
1991–92 | Glenn Goss | Geoff Cunningham | John Allan | Neil Young | Toby McDonald | Brier 1992 (6th) |
1996–97 | Toby McDonald | Paul Withers | Lloyd Powell | Paul Green | [6] | |
1997–98 | Toby McDonald | Wayne Hamilton | Lloyd Powell | Paul Withers | Wayne Young | Brier 1998 (9th) |
2001–02 | Mark Noseworthy | Bill Jenkins | Randy Turpin | Ian Kerr | Toby McDonald | Brier 2002 (9th) |
2011–12 | Toby McDonald | Wayne Hamilton | Lloyd Powell | Paul Aitken | CMaCC 2012 |
Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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2006 | 2006 Winter Olympics | Canada (men) |
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