John Bryden (curler)

John Bryden (1927 - 2012)[1] was a Scottish curler and World Champion.

John Bryden
Curler
Born1927
Died2012 (aged 85)
Team
Curling clubKilgraston & Moncrieffe CC
Career
World Championship
appearances		5 (1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968)
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Men’s Curling
World Men's Championship
1967 Perth
1963 Perth
1966 Vancouver
1968 Point-Claire
Scottish Men's Championship
1963
1965
1966
1967
1968

He played third on Chuck Hay's team out of the Kilgraston & Moncrieffe Curling Club in Perth, Scotland during a very successful run in the 1960s.[2] In the span of six years the team won the Scottish Men's Championship five times,[3] earning them the right to represent Scotland at the World Curling Championships in those years. At World's in 1963,[4] 1966,[5] and 1968[6] Glen's team took home the silver medal, with Canada winning the Championship each of those years. At the 1967 World Men's Championship they defeated Team Sweden, skipped by Bob Woods, in the final to win Scotland's first World Men's Championship.[7][8][9]

In the 1980s Bryden returned to competitive curling on Bill Muirhead's senior men's team, winning the Scottish Senior Curling Championships five years in a row.[10]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1962–63 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenJimmy HamiltonSMCC 1963
WMCC 1963
1964–65 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid HowieSMCC 1965
WMCC 1965 (4th)
1965–66 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid HowieSMCC 1966
WMCC 1966
1966–67 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid HowieSMCC 1967
WMCC 1967
1967–68 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid HowieSMCC 1968
WMCC 1968
1975–76 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlex YoungMorris Morton[11]
1983–84 Bill MuirheadTom MuirheadRoy SinclairJohn BrydenSSCC 1984
1984–85 Bill MuirheadTom MuirheadRoy SinclairJohn BrydenSSCC 1985
1985–86 Bill MuirheadTom MuirheadRoy SinclairJohn BrydenSSCC 1986
1986–87 Bill MuirheadTom MuirheadRoy SinclairJohn BrydenSSCC 1987
1987–88 Bill MuirheadJohn BrydenRoy SinclairJim McArthurSSCC 1988

References
  1. "Curler John Bryden". The Courier & Advertiser. 17 Dec 2012. Retrieved 9 Dec 2019.
  2. "Knockout artist Scottish champ". Leader-Post. 8 March 1963. Retrieved 12 September 2012. ...three of the four curlers picked were on the same rink. Third John Bryden, 35, and second Allen Glen, 28, played with Hay.
  3. "SCOTTISH CHAMPIONS MEN". Scottish Curling. Retrieved 9 Dec 2019.
  4. "Scotch Cup 1963". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 9 Dec 2019.
  5. "Scotch Cup 1966". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 9 Dec 2019.
  6. "Air Canada Silver Broom 1968". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 9 Dec 2019.
  7. "Scotch Cup 1967". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 9 Dec 2019.
  8. "WORLD MEN'S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALLISTS". Scottish Curling. Retrieved 9 Dec 2019.
  9. "Obituary - Chuck Hay, world curling champion". The Herald. 5 Sep 2017. Retrieved 9 Dec 2019.
  10. "SCOTTISH SENIOR CHAMPIONS MEN". Scottish Curling. Retrieved 9 Dec 2019.
  11. Past Winners - Perth Masters (web-archive; look at "1976")


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