Donald Gordon Duguid (born January 25, 1935) is a
Canadian
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champion
curler. A three-time winner of the Canadian
Brier
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and two-time
World Curling champion, Duguid won the Brier in 1965, 1970 and 1971, and the Worlds in 1970 and 1971. He was only the second skip ever to win back to back Briers in 1971. He was inducted into the
Canadian Curling Hall of Fame The Canadian Curling Hall of Fame was established with its first inductees in 1973. It is operated by Curling Canada, the governing body for curling in Canada, in Orleans, Ontario.
The Hall of Fame selection committee meets annually to choose induc ...
in 1974,
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
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in 1991, and the
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in 2013. In 2014, he was made a member of the
Order of Manitoba
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. In 1981, his 1970 & 1971 teams were inducted into the
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame
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.
He provided curling commentary for
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at the
2002 Winter Olympics
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in
Salt Lake City
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and the
2006 Winter Olympics
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in
Turin
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with
Don Chevrier
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, and with
Andrew Catalon
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and
Colleen Jones
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at the
2010 Winter Olympics
)''
, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...
in
Vancouver
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.
Duguid is the father of
Terry Duguid
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, a Manitoba businessman and politician (
Liberal
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Member of Parliament
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for
Winnipeg South
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), as well as
Dale Duguid
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, a former Manitoba provincial curling champion, Dean Duguid, Randy Duguid and Kevin Duguid.
In 2020, he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada.
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1935 births
Living people
Brier champions
Canadian sports announcers
Canadian people of Scottish descent
Curling broadcasters
Members of the Order of Manitoba
Members of the Order of Canada
Curlers from Winnipeg
World curling champions
Canadian male curlers
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