Bill Grant (curler) explained

Bill Grant
Birth Date:	16 June 1882
Birth Place:	Ingersoll, Ontario
Death Place:	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Brier Appearances:	2
Curling Club:	Strathcona Curling Club

William Alexander Grant (June 16, 1882  - April 16, 1942) was a Canadian curler. He was the lead of the 1928 and 1929 Brier Champion teams (skipped by Gordon Hudson), representing Manitoba.^[1] Grant was a 1975 inductee to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.^{[2] [3]} He died suddenly in 1942 while attending a curling meeting at the Fort Rouge Curling Club.^[4]

Grant was married twice and had two children with his second wife Doris, Thomas Alexander Grant (1928-2002) and Barbara Longworth nee:Grant (1931-2020).

Notes and References

1. Book: Curling Capital: Winnipeg and the Roarin' Game, 1876 To 1988. Morris. Mott. John. Allardyce. 13 June 1989. Univ. of Manitoba Press. 9780887553172. Google Books.
2. Web site: Grant, William A. – CCA Hall of Fame - ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle.
3. Inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame 2008.Web site: 1928 & 1929 Gordon Hudson Team.
4. Web site: William Grant, Active Curler, Dies Suddenly Thursday at Meeting, Winnipeg Free Press, Friday, April 17, 1942, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, pg 4. 17 April 1942 .