Bill Price (curler) explained

Bill Price
Birth Date:18 July 1927
Death Place:Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. 2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
  2. News: Price-Blondell (sic) Wedding at McDougall Church. May 22, 1950. 23. Edmonton Journal. March 1, 2020.
  3. News: Varsity's Starry Bill Price Winner Gene Carrigan Trophy. May 10, 1947. 10. Edmonton Journal. March 1, 2020.
  4. "Baldwin Quartet Takes Third Title", Lethbridge Herald, Monday, February 18, 1957, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, pg. 7
  5. http://ashfm.ca/hall-of-fame-honoured-members/browse/multisport/price-bill
  6. Web site: Wetaskiwin Online presents Wetaskiwin and District Heritage Museum History - the Mae Blundell Story.
  7. https://www.choicememorial.com/memorials/william-price/4795464/ William Hilliard Slade Price