ON CURLING BY: KEN WATSON

FEATURES: KEN WATSON ON CURLING   BY: KEN WATSON
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A) CONDITION BOOK: GOOD - HARD BOUND
B) CONDITION DUST JACKET: GOOD - BRODART
C) FIRST EDITION - FIRST PRINTING - COPP CLARK PUBLISHING 1950
D) NOTE:  READS AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL TEXT - LIBERALLY ILLUSTRATED WITH DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS.  HALF A DOZEN PAGES ARE TANNED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES OF CURLING. OFFENDING CLIPPINGS AS WELL AS A SHORT PAMPHLET HISTORY OF THE TORONTO CURLING CLUB, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ARE LAID IN.  177 PAGES.
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BOOK GRADING CATEGORIES:
FINE
VERY GOOD
GOOD
FAIR
POOR
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James Kenneth Watson, CM (August 12, 1904 – July 26, 1986) was a Canadian curler.

Biography[edit]

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[edit]

• 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]