Bill "Billy" Shipstad is an American curler. Shipstad as second for

Don Cooper Donald James Cooper (born January 15, 1956) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who spent parts of four seasons with the Minnesota Twins (1981–1982), Toronto Blue Jays (1983) and New York Yankees (1985). He was the pi ...

team won the

United States men's curling championship The United States Men's Curling Championship is the annual men's national curling championship for the United States. It is run by the United States Curling Association (USCA) and typically held in conjunction with the Women's Championship. The ch ...

in 1983, defeating

Bud Somerville Raymond "Bud" Somerville (born January 27, 1937 in Superior, Wisconsin) is an American curling, curler. He is a two-time World champion, and five time American champion. Somerville was the first inductee to the United States Curling Hall of Fame ...

in the final. At the time of the 1983 World Championships, he was a student. As of 2003, he was the general manager of the Icearium in

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