Bill Comrie
{{Short description|Canadian businessman (born 1950)}}
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| name = Bill Comrie
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|06|29}}
| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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| known_for = Founding The Brick
| spouse(s) = {{Plainlist|
- {{marriage|Theresa Comrie|1971|1990|reason=died}}
- {{marriage|Roxanne Huisman
|1994}}
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| children = 5, including Mike, Paul, and Eric
| relatives = Hilary Duff (ex-daughter-in-law)
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William H. Comrie (born June 29, 1950) is a Canadian businessman.{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianbusiness.com/business-strategy/live-learn-bill-comrie/|title=Live & Learn: Bill Comrie - Canadian Business|website=www.canadianbusiness.com|access-date=2020-04-28}} He is the founder of The Brick, one of Canada's largest volume retailers of furniture, mattresses, appliances and home electronics.
Early life
Comrie was born on June 29, 1950, in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta.[http://www.chfaweb.ca/e-roy2004.html Canadian Home Furnishings Alliance]
He played junior hockey with the Moose Jaw Canucks, a Chicago Blackhawks farm team, and later the Edmonton Oil Kings, but retired from hockey in 1968 to enter into the family furniture business following the death of his father Herb, eventually turning down an invitation to a Blackhawks training camp.{{cite news |last1=Sandor |first1=Steven |title=Growing Up Comrie |url=https://edifyedmonton.com/people/profiles/growing-up-comrie/ |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=Edify |date=1 October 2013}}
BC Lions Ownership
From September 23, 1992 to March 11, 1996, Comrie was owner of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.{{Cite web |date=2012-12-17 |title=Owners & Management |url=http://bclionsalumni.com/management-staff/owners-management/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=BC Lions |language=en-US}} The Lions won the 1994 Grey Cup.
Personal life
Comrie is the father of professional ice hockey players Mike, Paul, and Eric Comrie.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120714042553/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Columnists/Jones/2007/02/06/3540649-sun.html CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Columnists - Jones: Follow my leader]}} He has a grandson named Luca through Mike's former marriage to Hilary Duff.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hilary-duff-and-mike-comrie-welcome-a-son/ "Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie Welcome a Son"]. CBS News March 22, 2012.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110826080135/http://investors.thebrickgroup.ca/overview.asp?ticker=T.BRK The Brick Group]
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Category:Businesspeople from Edmonton
Category:Businesspeople from Winnipeg
Category:BC Lions team presidents
Category:Ice hockey people from Edmonton
Category:Sportspeople from Winnipeg
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