Lyall Austin Dagg (July 27, 1929 – May 14, 1975) was a Canadian curler and World Champion. He is the father of Elaine Dagg-Jackson, who also became a curler. He won a gold medal at the 1964

World Curling Championships The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and Doubles curling, mixed doubles championships, as ...

. Outside of curling, he was employed as an account executive. Dagg died at the age of 45 from a rare blood disorder. He was inducted into the

Canadian Curling Hall of Fame The Canadian Curling Hall of Fame was established with its first inductees in 1973. It is operated by Curling Canada, the governing body for curling in Canada, in Orleans, Ontario. The Hall of Fame selection committee meets annually to choose indu ...

in 2000.

Personal life

Dagg was of Irish, Scottish, English and Dutch descent. Dagg was a former printer, journalist, business editor and public relations director. Dagg moved to BC in 1943. He was first employed as a printer, and became a write-reporter and business editor for the '' Vancouver News-Herald''. In 1955 he joined the public relations department for

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Canada, later becoming director of public relations, and then manager of marketing services in

Richmond, British Columbia Richmond is a city in the coastal Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly a suburban city, it occupies almost the entirety of Lulu Island (excluding Queensborough, New Westminster, Queensborough), between the two estuarine dis ...

and then in

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan, Okanagan Valley in the British Columbia Interior, southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna ...

in 1973. Dagg was also involved in the BC Centennial Committee, the Festival of Forestry, the Vancouver Board of Trade, the BC Heart Foundation and the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce.

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* 1929 births 1975 deaths World curling champions Brier champions Canadian people of Irish descent Canadian people of Scottish descent Canadian people of English descent Canadian people of Dutch descent Canadian male curlers Curlers from Kelowna Journalists from British Columbia Canadian printers Canadian public relations people 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-curling-bio-stub