Bob Dunbar
Robert H. Dunbar (* 1859 in Pictou , Nova Scotia ; † June 1937 ) was a Canadian curler . He was considered one of the best curlers in Canada and the United States in his day .
Dunbar came to Winnipeg in the 1870s . There he worked for a hotel not far from the Thistle Curling Club . In his free time he learned the sport of curling there. He developed into a top player in the 1890s and won numerous competitions as the skip of the Thistle Curling Club . In 1901 he went to Minnesota , where he worked successfully for the Capitol City Curling Club and St. Paul Curling Club and later played in Eveleth . Between 1910 and 1924 he and his teams were seven times Minnesota State Men's Bonspiel Champion .
He was inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 . Dunbar had a son (Robert G. "Bob" Dunbar, Jr.) with whom he played on a team at times.
Individual evidence
- ^ The Lewiston Daily Sun: Curling takes on popularity in Northwest. December 29, 1931, p. 8.
- ↑ Past Bonspiel Trophy Winners ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 704 kB)
- ↑ Minnesota State Men's Bonspiel Champions ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Dunbar, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dunbar, Robert H .; Dunbar, RH |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian curler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pictou , Nova Scotia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1937 |