Wally Ursuliak
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| Wally Ursuliak | |
|---|---|
| Curler | |
| Born | c. 1929 (age 94–95) |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Alberta Avenue CC Edmonton, AB |
| Skip | Hec Gervais |
| Third | Ray Werner |
| Second | Vic Raymer |
| Lead | Wally Ursuliak |
Wally Ursuliak (born c. 1929) was the lead on the Alberta Avenue CC curling team (from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) during the World Curling Championships known as the 1961 Scotch Cup.[1] He was innducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 2006.
During the 1960s and 1970s, he along with Ray Turnbull and Don Duguid operated a series of curling clinics in Europe to try to popularize the game. In 1980, he is also credited to introducing the game to the Japanese island of Hokkaido.[2]
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