Ernest Brian Toews (December 16, 1941 – January 27, 2019) was a Canadian
curler. He won the playing
third
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (d ...
on the
Mike Riley rink, and won a silver medal at the
1998 Canadian Senior Curling Championships.
After playing in the
1986 Labatt Brier
The 1986 Labatt Brier was held from March 2 to 9 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener, Ontario.
Ed Lukowich of Alberta defeated Russ Howard of Ontario to win his second Brier title.
Teams
Round-robin standings
...
, he retired from competitive curling due to a bad knee.
Personal life
Toews was born in
Altona, Manitoba
Altona is a town in southern Manitoba, Canada, about 100 km south-west of Winnipeg and 158 km north of Grand Forks, North Dakota. The population at the 2011 Census was 4,123 residents. Old Altona was founded in 1880 by Plautdietsch-spe ...
and grew up on a family farm. He played baseball in his youth, playing for the
Plum Coulee
Plum Coulee is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Rhineland within the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba that held town status prior to January 1, 2015. It is west of Altona, Manitoba, Altona, ...
Pirates in the Southeastern Manitoba League. In 1961 he moved to
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...
.
At the time of the 1984 Brier, he was an accountant
for James B Carter Ltd. He was married and had one son.
Teams
References
External links
*
Brian Toews – Curling Canada Stats Archive"Riley Appreciates Rest, Wendorf" - ''The Phoenix'', April 7, 1984"Riley Finally Emerges" - ''The Leader Post'', March 12, 1984(section B, page B1)
1941 births
2019 deaths
Canadian male curlers
Brier champions
People from Pembina Valley Region, Manitoba
Curlers from Winnipeg
Canadian baseball players
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