Roderick George McLean "The Arrow" Hunter (August 24, 1943 – January 6, 2018) was a Canadian curler and politician. He was the third on the
Don Duguid rink that won two World Curling Championships and two Brier Championships. He also won four
British Consols Trophies, the men's provincial championship. After his curling career, Hunter moved to Alberta and became town councillor in the town of
Viking
Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden),
who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...
. In Viking, he was also the president and manager of the Viking Curling Club.
Hunter 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 and was also a member of the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame and Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. He died in 2018 in Viking, Alberta.
Canadian Curling Hall-Of-Famer Rod Hunter Passes Away
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References
External links
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Roderick Hunter – Curling Canada Stats Archive
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1943 births
2018 deaths
Curlers from Manitoba
Brier champions
World curling champions
Canadian male curlers
Alberta municipal councillors
Canadian sportsperson-politicians