John Alexander "Chico" MacDuff (born February 16, 1950) is an

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and curler. He skipped Newfoundland to its first ever Brier championship in 1976.

Curling

Born in

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, the son of Jim and Eileen MacDuff, MacDuff was the

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of the 1976 men's curling team representing the province of

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the population ...

that won the 1976 Canadian Men's curling championship. It was the first time the province had won the Canadian Men's curling championship. Members of the team were, Jack MacDuff, Toby McDonald, Doug Hudson and Ken Templeton. The team represented Canada at the 1976 Air Canada Silver Broom World Championship, finishing in 9th place with a 2–7 record. As of 2022, it is Canada's worst ever finish at the

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. MacDuff had previously played in the

1972 Macdonald Brier The 1972 Macdonald Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 6 to 11, 1972 at St. John's Arena in St. John's, Newfoundland. Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Orest Meleschuk easily won the event, after posting a 9-1 ...

as the

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for Team Newfoundland, which was skipped by Fred Durant. The entire team were students at

Memorial University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland, or MUN (), is a Public university, public research university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook ...

at the time. At the 1972 Brier, the team finished 3–7. MacDuff currently lives in

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. He is unable to curl due to having

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References

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Jack MacDuff – Curling Canada Stats Archive
1950 births Living people Brier champions People with multiple sclerosis Air traffic controllers Canadian male curlers Curlers from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia Curlers from Moncton Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-curling-bio-stub