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Bill Carey (curler)

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Bill Carey
 
Team
Curling clubDeer Lodge CC,
Winnipeg, MB
Curling career
Member Association Manitoba
Brier appearances1: (1979)
World Championship
appearances
1 (1979)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Bern
Macdonald Brier
Representing  Manitoba
Gold medal – first place 1979 Ottawa

William R. Carey[1] is a Canadian curler and curling coach. He is a 1979 World Men's bronze medallist[2] and a 1979 Brier champion.

Awards

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  • Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame: 2014 (with all 1979 Canadian Men's Championship Team skipped by Barry Fry)[3]

Teams

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Men's

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1978–79 Barry Fry Bill Carey Gordon Sparkes Bryan Wood Brier 1979 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1979 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Mixed

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Season Skip Third Second Lead
1983[4] Bill Carey Chris More Dan Carey Marlene Cleutinx

Personal life

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Bill Carey is from a known Canadian family of curlers: his brother Dan is curler and coach, and 1992 Canadian men's champion; Dan's daughter Chelsea is two-time Canadian women's champion.[5]

Record as a coach of national teams

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Year Tournament, event National team Place
1997 1997 European Curling Championships  Denmark (men)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1999 1999 World Men's Curling Championship  Denmark (men)
6
1999 1999 European Curling Championships  Denmark (men)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2000 2000 World Men's Curling Championship  Denmark (men)
5
2000 2000 European Curling Championships  Denmark (men)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2001 2001 European Curling Championships  Denmark (men)
6
2003 2003 World Men's Curling Championship  Denmark (men)
6

References

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  1. ^ 2017 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
  2. ^ Bill Carey at World Curling Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Hall of Fame and Museum – CurlManitoba (look at "2014 Hall of Fame Inductees")
  4. ^ Past Provincial Champions - Curl Manitoba (web archive; look at "PROVINCIAL MIXED CHAMPIONSHIP")
  5. ^ "About taking ownership of Chelsea Carey...jock journos Cherry picking...a waste of space in the Drab Slab...and I'll take Sara's reports on TSN over Steve's dangles on Sportsnet – the river city renegade". February 25, 2019.
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