Dale A. Dalziel is a former
Canadian
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American
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curler, and a 1971
United States men's curling champion.
While residing in Canada, Dalziel qualified for his lone Brier
in 1958, playing
lead
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for the
Tony Gutoski rink. Dalziel was 19 years old at the time, having just graduated from high school the previous year. It was his first season playing in the
BC Men's Curling Championship.
Dalziel moved from
Victoria, British Columbia
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in 1959, settling in the United States. He won the
United States Men's Curling Championship
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in 1971, after finishing the round robin with a 10–1 record. He led the U.S. to a bronze medal at the . At the time of the 1971 Worlds, he was a school principal.
Teams
References
External links
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS"A concurrent resolution commending the Dale Dalziel Rink of Edmore ... Filed March 31, 1971" (page 1424, look at "Dale Dalziel")
Past Champions – Victoria Curling ClubDale Dalziel - Curling Canada Stats Archive
Living people
American male curlers
Canadian male curlers
American curling champions
Canadian emigrants to the United States
1930s births
Curlers from Winnipeg
Curlers from Victoria, British Columbia
20th-century American sportsmen
20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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