Ken Watson Explained

Ken Watson
Birth Date:	12 August 1904
Birth Place:	Minnedosa, Manitoba
Death Place:	Saint Boniface, Manitoba

James Kenneth Watson, (August 12, 1904  - July 26, 1986) was a Canadian curler.

Biography

Watson was born in Minnedosa, Manitoba and moved to Winnipeg later. He was the first man to skip his rink to three Brier championships in 1936, 1942 and 1949.

After his career as a curler ended, he became a sports broadcaster, co-hosting CBC Championship Curling with Alex Trebek in 1966. He died in St. Boniface, Manitoba.

Honours

• 1969 – inducted into the national Sports Hall of Fame
• 1973 – elected to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame
• 1975 – made a Member of the Order of Canada
• 1978 – Elmer Freytag Award
• 1980 - inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
• 2016 - designated a National Historic Person^[1]

Books

• Ken Watson on Curling, 1950

External links

• Ken Watson’s biography at Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ken Watson (1904-1986), Parks Canada backgrounder, Feb. 15, 2016 . 2016-02-22 . 2017-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170305001927/http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?crtr.sj1D=&crtr.mnthndVl=2&mthd=advSrch&crtr.dpt1D=68&nid=1033209&crtr.lc1D=&crtr.tp1D=&crtr.yrStrtVl=2015&crtr.kw=&crtr.dyStrtVl=23&crtr.aud1D=&crtr.mnthStrtVl=11&crtr.page=2&crtr.yrndVl=2016&crtr.dyndVl=21 . dead .