Bernie Sparkes
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Born | October 15, 1940 Claresholm, Alberta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brier appearances | 12 (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1987) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship appearances | 3 (1966, 1968, 1969) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bernard Leslie Sparkes[1] (born October 15, 1940) is a former world champion curler.
Sparkes's first major curling championship success came when he won the 1957 Alberta Schoolboys.[2] He would later go on to win 4 Alberta (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969) championships and 3 Canadian Brier and World Championships (1966, 1968, 1969)[2] He was voted all star second at 4 consecutive Briers as the second for the Ron Northcott team. He is a member of the Lethbridge Sports Hall Of Fame (baseball), the Southern Alberta Curling Hall Of Fame,[3] the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame and the WCF Hall of Fame. Sparkes moved to British Columbia in 1970 and went on to win 9 more men's provincial curling championships 1 Masters over 70 in 2014 and 1 mixed championship. He was elected to the B.C. Sports Hall Of Fame in 1995.[2]
One of his leisurely pursuits is painting. He paints still life paintings. One of his most famous paintings is a chair in a lawn, surrounded by bouquets and flowers. [4]
At the time of the 1967 Brier, he was a stationary salesman. He was an avid baseball player in his youth, and was a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers organization.[5]
Notes[]
- ^ "Larry Wood". Calgary Herald. March 9, 1968. p. 18. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c BC HOF[usurped!].Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ Southern Alberta HOF Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ Curling Prints.Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ "Are We Satisfied?". Edmonton Journal. March 12, 1966. p. 43. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- Curlers from British Columbia
- Curlers from Alberta
- Living people
- 1940 births
- World curling champions
- Brier champions
- Canadian male curlers
- Canadian baseball players