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rink that won the 1964 Brier and World Championship. He also played in the 1959 Macdonald Brier as the skip of the British Columbia team (which included newspaper columnist

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at lead), finishing fourth. He died of cancer in 2004.

Personal life

In addition to curling, Naimark was also a race horse owner. Naimark learned to curl in

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. He lived in

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before moving to

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. He also played ice hockey, baseball, trapshooting, and table tennis.

References

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