John Pearson was the
third
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Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system
Places
* 3rd Street (di ...
on the team that represented Scotland at the
1959
Events
January
* January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...
and
1962 Scotch Cups, the
world men's curling championship at the time. He and the team of skip
Willie Young, second
Sandy Anderson, and lead
Bobby Young curled out of the Airth, Bruce Castle, and Dunmore Curling Club in
Falkirk
Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...
,
Scotland
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.
In addition to his 2 Scotch Cup appearances, he also won four "Worlds Curling Championships" (now known as the
Edinburgh International).
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Sportspeople from Falkirk
Scottish male curlers
British male curlers
Scottish curling champions
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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