Terry Kleffman is an American
curler. Kleffman was the
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on a team out of Hibbing Curling Club in
Hibbing, Minnesota
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which won the
US National Championship two times, in 1959 and 1962. The team was mostly family, consisting of Kleffman's father
Fran Kleffman at
second and brother-in-law
Dick Brown at
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. The only non-family member was
Nick Jerulle at
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. In 1962 the team went on to represent the United States at the
World Championship
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, which was then called the
1962 Scotch Cup.
This was only the second time the United States had competed in the Championship. Kleffman's team finished with a 4-2 record, good enough to earn them the silver medal.
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