Bill Carey (curler)

For other people named William Carey, see William Carey (disambiguation).
Bill Carey
Curler
 ♂
Team
Curling clubDeer Lodge CC,
Winnipeg, MB
Curling career
Member Association Manitoba
Brier appearances1: (1979)
World Championship
appearances		1 (1979)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Bern
Macdonald Brier
Representing  Manitoba
Gold medal – first place 1979 Ottawa

William R. Carey[1] is a Canadian curler and curling coach. He is a 1979 World Men's bronze medallist[2] and a 1979 Brier champion.

Awards

  • Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame: 2014 (with all 1979 Canadian Men's Championship Team skipped by Barry Fry)[3]

Teams

Men's

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1978–79 Barry Fry Bill Carey Gordon Sparkes Bryan Wood Brier 1979 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1979 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Mixed

Season Skip Third Second Lead
1983[4] Bill Carey Chris More Dan Carey Marlene Cleutinx

Personal life

Bill Carey is from a known Canadian family of curlers: his brother Dan is curler and coach, and 1992 Canadian men's champion; Dan's daughter Chelsea is two-time Canadian women's champion.[5]

Record as a coach of national teams

Year Tournament, event National team Place
1997 1997 European Curling Championships  Denmark (men)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1999 1999 World Men's Curling Championship  Denmark (men)
6
1999 1999 European Curling Championships  Denmark (men)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2000 2000 World Men's Curling Championship  Denmark (men)
5
2000 2000 European Curling Championships  Denmark (men)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2001 2001 European Curling Championships  Denmark (men)
6
2003 2003 World Men's Curling Championship  Denmark (men)
6

References

  1. ^ 2017 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
  2. ^ Bill Carey at World Curling Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Hall of Fame and Museum – CurlManitoba (look at "2014 Hall of Fame Inductees")
  4. ^ Past Provincial Champions - Curl Manitoba (web archive; look at "PROVINCIAL MIXED CHAMPIONSHIP")
  5. ^ "About taking ownership of Chelsea Carey...jock journos Cherry picking...a waste of space in the Drab Slab...and I'll take Sara's reports on TSN over Steve's dangles on Sportsnet – the river city renegade". February 25, 2019.


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