Billy Walsh (curler), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian curler
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Place of Birth: Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, Canada
About Billy Walsh (curler)
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- William James "Billy" Walsh (January 20, 1917 – October 7, 1971) was a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- Walsh was a two time Canadian champion skip, having won the Brier for Manitoba in 1952 and 1956. Walsh was born in 1917 in Ontario and moved to Winnipeg as an infant.
- After graduating from high school, he worked at the Comptroller General's office for the Government of Manitoba, where he worked for the rest of his life.
- He served with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles during World War II.Walsh won his first of two national championships at the 1952 Macdonald Brier in Winnipeg.
- The Walsh rink, which included Al Langlois, Andy McWilliams and John Watson, went undefeated at the event, winning all ten matches.
- They clinched the event in their second last game, when they beat Alberta's Art Simpson, 9-7.
- Simpson had up until then just lost one match, and a win could have forced a tie breaker for the championship.At the 1956 Macdonald Brier, the Walsh rink finished the round robin with a record of 8-2, tied with Ontario's Alf Phillips.
- This forced a one game playoff to determine the champion between the two rinks.
- Walsh won the match 8-7, in an extra end in front of 3200 fans at Moncton Stadium to capture his second national title.
- Walsh's 1956 team consisted of Langlois, Cy White and McWilliams. Walsh died in 1971 after a long illness.
- He was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1975.
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