- Ken Watson
:"Ken Watson is not to be confused with Ken Watson, the 1999 Canadian Senior curling champion."
James Kenneth Watson (
August 12 ,1904 -July 26 ,1986 ) was a Canadiancurler .Watson was born in
Minnedosa, Manitoba and moved to Winnipeg later. He was the first man to skip his rink to three Brier championships in 1936, 1942 and 1949.After his career as a curler ended, he became a sports broadcaster, co-hosting CBC Championship Curling with
Alex Trebek in 1966.Books
* "Ken Watson on Curling", 1950
Honours
* 1969 - he was inducted into the
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame .
* 1973 - he was elected to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.
* 1975 - he was made a Member of theOrder of Canada .
* 1978 - Elmer Freytag Award
*Inducted into theManitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1980External links
* [http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/1980/kwatson.htm Ken Watson’s biography] at [http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/ Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum]
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