Ian J. Tetley (born August 14, 1962) is a

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curler from

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. He is a three-time

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and

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Career

Tetley is originally from

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, in

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, which gets a separate team at the Brier. In 1985, he played second for

Al Hackner Allan A. Hackner (born July 18, 1954), nicknamed "the Iceman", is a retired Canadian Hall of Fame curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was born in Nipigon, Ontario. He is a two-time Brier and World Champion skip. He is of Ojibwa descent and i ...

, for which they won he won his first Brier, and World Championships, that same season. Tetley later moved to southern Ontario to play for second

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. In 1990, Tetley won his second Brier, this time representing (southern) Ontario with Werenich. That team also won the World Championships. In 1994, he joined

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's new rink, to play as his second. They won the Brier in 1998, and later Tetley picked up his third World Championship. The team made it to the Brier again in 2001, placing third. It would be Tetley's only Brier run that did not result in a world championship. In, 2003 he left the team. After playing for

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for one season, he was brought back to play for Middaugh before leaving for good in 2008 to play second for

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. Tetley was named to Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1999.

Personal life

Ian's father

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is also a former Brier champion (1975). Growing up Tetley was also a top junior skier. He is married to seven-time U.S. Champion

Erika Brown Erika Lynn Brown (born January 25, 1973) is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed. Career As a 15-year-old, Brown represent the United States at the 1988 Winter ...

. He has three children. Originally from Thunder Bay, Tetley moved to

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after graduating from

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