The 1954 Macdonald Brier, the

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men's national

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championship, was held from March 1 to 5, 1954 at

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in Edmonton, Alberta. A total of 32,000 fans attended the event. Team Alberta, who was skipped by

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became the third team to win Brier Tankard in their hometown as they finished round robin play with a 9-1 record. This was Alberta's fifth Brier championship and the first of three by Baldwin as a skip. At age 27, Baldwin would also at the time be the youngest skip to win a Brier.

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is also remembered for pleasing the cheering hometown

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crowd as during their final game against

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, he slid halfway down the sheet of ice when throwing his final rock of the event, which was legal under curling rules at the time, but was never attempted. The rock stopped right on the button, cementing Baldwin's status as a "rock star".

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time ( UTC-07:00)

Draw 1

''Monday, March 1 3:00 PM''

Draw 2

''Monday, March 1 8:00 PM''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, March 2 9:00 AM''

Draw 4

''Tuesday, March 2 2:30 PM''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, March 3 3:00 PM''

Draw 6

''Wednesday, March 3 8:00 PM''

Draw 7

''Thursday, March 4 9:30 AM''

Draw 8

''Thursday, March 4 3:00 PM''

Draw 9

''Thursday, March 4 8:00 PM''

Draw 10

''Friday, March 5 9:30 AM''

Draw 11

''Friday, March 5 2:30 PM''

References

External links

* Video: Macdonald Brier, 1954 Macdonald Brier, 1954 The Brier Curling competitions in Edmonton Macdonald Brier Macdonald Brier 20th century in Edmonton {{Curling-stub