Bill_Price_(curler)

Bill Price (curler)

Bill Price (curler)

Canadian curler

William Hilliard Slade Price[1][2] (July 18, 1927 – December 12, 2021) was a Canadian curler. He played as lead on the 1957 and 1958 Brier-winning Team Alberta, skipped by Matt Baldwin.[3]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Price grew up in Saskatoon and attended the University of Alberta where he studied chemical engineering. There, he won the Gene Carrigan Trophy as the Edmonton's most outstanding junior athlete, as he was a top basketball player for the Alberta Golden Bears and was a top city baseball player at the time.[3] He lived in Edmonton.[4][5] He married Margaret Jeanne (Peggy) Blundell[6] in 1950.[2] and had six children. Price died in Calgary on December 12, 2021.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
  2. [2]
    "Price-Blondell (sic) Wedding at McDougall Church". Edmonton Journal. May 22, 1950. p. 23. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Varsity's Starry Bill Price Winner Gene Carrigan Trophy". Edmonton Journal. May 10, 1947. p. 10. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Baldwin Quartet Takes Third Title", Lethbridge Herald, Monday, February 18, 1957, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, pg. 7
  5. [5]
    http://ashfm.ca/hall-of-fame-honoured-members/browse/multisport/price-bill
  6. [6]
    "Wetaskiwin Online presents Wetaskiwin and District Heritage Museum History - the Mae Blundell Story".
  7. [7]
    William Hilliard Slade Price
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