Barry Naimark Explained

Barry Naimark
Birth Date:1 July 1932
Birth Place:Regina, Saskatchewan
Death Place:Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia
Brier Appearances:4 (1959, 1964, 1970, 1977)

R. B. (Barry) Naimark (July 1, 1932  - December 3, 2004) was a Canadian curler. He played as lead on the Lyall Dagg rink that won the 1964 Brier and World Championship.[1] [2] He also played in the 1959 Macdonald Brier as the skip of the British Columbia team (which included newspaper columnist Dick Beddoes at lead), finishing fourth.[3] He died of cancer in 2004.[4] [5]

Personal life

In addition to curling, Naimark was also a race horse owner.[6] Naimark learned to curl in Leader, Saskatchewan. He lived in Calgary before moving to Vancouver. He also played ice hockey, baseball, trapshooting, and table tennis.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on March 7, 1964 · Page 13. 7 March 1964 .
  2. Web site: Naimark, Barry – CCA Hall of Fame | ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle.
  3. Web site: 1959 MacDonald Brier.
  4. Web site: RootsWeb: CAN-BC-OBITS-L December 10, 2004 Vancouver BC . 2015-03-14 . 2015-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113148/http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CAN-BC-OBITS/2004-12/1103380386 . dead .
  5. Web site: WCPI search results.
  6. News: Legendary B.C. stable rides off into sunset. November 2, 2001. F8. Calgary Herald. April 16, 2020.
  7. News: Brier winners cup favorites (sic). March 12, 1964. 60. Calgary Herald. November 2, 2020.