Brian Toews | |
Gender: | male |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1941 |
Birth Place: | Altona, Manitoba |
Death Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Curling Club: | Pembina CC, Winnipeg |
Brier Appearances: | 2 |
World Championship Appearances: | 1 |
Ernest Brian Toews (December 16, 1941 – January 27, 2019) was a Canadian curler. He won the playing third on the Mike Riley rink, and won a silver medal at the 1998 Canadian Senior Curling Championships.[1] After playing in the 1986 Labatt Brier, he retired from competitive curling due to a bad knee.[2]
Toews was born in Altona, Manitoba and grew up on a family farm. He played baseball in his youth, playing for the Plum Coulee Pirates in the Southeastern Manitoba League.[3] In 1961 he moved to Winnipeg.[1] At the time of the 1984 Brier, he was an accountant[4] for James B Carter Ltd. He was married and had one son.[1]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events | |
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1983–84 | Brian Toews | Clare DeBlonde (Brier) | (4th) | ||||
1984–85[5] | Mike Riley | Brian Toews | John Helston | Russ Wookey | |||
1985–86 | Mike Riley | Brian Toews | Russ Wookey | Clare DeBlonde | (5th) | ||
1993–94[6] | Clare DeBlonde | Brian Toews | John Helston | ||||
1997–98 | Clare DeBlonde | Brian Toews | John Helston | Garry De Blonde |