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Cliff Manahan
Clifford Ross "Cliff" Manahan (October 11, 1888 – March 20, 197was a Canadians, Canadian curling, curler from Edmonton, Alberta. Manahan was born and raised in Fort William, Ontario (later Thunder Bay) and moved to Edmonton in 1926. He won eight Boston Pizza Cup, provincial titles and won two the Brier, Briers- in 1933 and 1937. He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1966. Manahan (and teammates Harold Deeton, Hank Wolfe, Harold L. "Hank" Wolfe and Bert Ross, I. H. "Bert" Ross) won his first provincial title in 1933 and won the Brier as well that year, posting a 6-1 record. He made his second Brier in 1937 (with teammates Wes Robinson (curler), Wes Robinson, Ross Manahan and Lloyd McIntyre (curler), Lloyd McIntyre), winning it again by defeating Manitoba in a tie breaker, posting a 9-1 record. Manahan was runner up the following year, losing his only match to the eventual winners in Manitoba, skipped by Ab Gowanlock. He made it to the Brier again in 1940, finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and Multiculturalism, multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World Immigration to Canada, immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of New France, French and then the much larger British colonization of the Americas, British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
