Dan Klippenstein | |
Birth Date: | September 30, 1939[1] |
Birth Place: | Avonlea, Saskatchewan |
Death Place: | Regina, Saskatchewan |
Brier Appearances: | 1973, 1975 |
World Championship Appearances: | 1973 |
Daniel N. Klippenstein[2] (September 30, 1939 – February 15, 1997) was a Canadian curler. He played lead on the 1973 Brier Champion team (skipped by Harvey Mazinke), representing Saskatchewan. They later went on to win second place at the World Championships of that year.[3] [4] [5] [6] He was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.[7]
Klippenstein also played baseball until he was 55 years of age. He died from prostate cancer at the age of 57 in 1997.[8] His grave site is at Trossachs, Saskatchewan. He worked as an Engineering Technician and Supervisor with Environment Canada.