William Alexander Grant (June 16, 1882 – April 16, 1942) was a Canadian curler. He was the

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of the 1928 and 1929 Brier Champion teams (skipped by

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), representing Manitoba. Grant was a 1975 inductee to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame. He died suddenly in 1942 while attending a curling meeting at the Fort Rouge Curling Club. Grant was married twice and had two children with his second wife Doris, Thomas Alexander Grant (1928-2002) and Barbara Longworth nee:Grant (1931-2020). Medals grant bill

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