Jack MacDuff
{{short description|Canadian curler and air traffic controller}}
{{about|the curler|the musician|Jack McDuff}}
John Alexander "Chico"{{cite news|title=Fans mob Newfoundland rink: 'MacDuff for Premier'|date=March 16, 1976|page=12|newspaper=Calgary Albertan|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-calgary-albertan/93224008/}} MacDuff{{cite news|title=Hal Walker|date=March 15, 1976|page=13|newspaper=Calgary Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93203077/calgary-herald/|accessdate=January 22, 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122191818/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93203077/calgary-herald/ |archivedate=2022-01-22 }}2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters (born February 16, 1950{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}) is an air traffic controller and curler. He skipped Newfoundland to its first ever Brier championship in 1976.
Curling
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of Jim and Eileen MacDuff, MacDuff was the skip of the 1976 men's curling team representing the province of Newfoundland that won the 1976 Canadian Men's curling championship. It was the first time the province had won the Canadian Men's curling championship. Members of the team were, Jack MacDuff, Toby McDonald, Doug Hudson and Ken Templeton.{{cite news|last=Short|first=Robin|title=No. 7: Jack MacDuff curling team|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/Sports/Track-%26amp%3B-field/2009-04-11/article-1438125/No.-7%3A-Jack-MacDuff-curling-team/1|accessdate=20 December 2010|newspaper=The Telegram|date=11 April 2009}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/curling-newfoundland-team-1976-brier-win-jack-macduff-1.3475700 |title=Remembering the Jack MacDuff Brier triumph, 40 years later |website=CBC News |date=2016-03-04 |language=en |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111022540/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/curling-newfoundland-team-1976-brier-win-jack-macduff-1.3475700 |archivedate=2018-11-11 }} The team represented Canada at the 1976 Air Canada Silver Broom World Championship, finishing in 9th place with a 2–7 record. As of 2022, it is Canada's worst ever finish at the World Men's Curling Championship.
MacDuff had previously played in the 1972 Macdonald Brier as the third for Team Newfoundland, which was skipped by Fred Durant. The entire team were students at Memorial University of Newfoundland at the time.{{cite news|title=Brier of 'firsts'|date=March 7, 1972|page=19|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen/142821145/|accessdate=March 6, 2024}} At the 1972 Brier, the team finished 3–7.
MacDuff currently{{when|date=July 2024}} lives in Moncton, New Brunswick. He is unable to curl due to having multiple sclerosis.{{cite web |url=http://curlingclub.net/latest-curling-news/curling-volunteer-jack-macduff/ |title=Curling Volunteer Jack MacDuff just keeps on rolling |website=Internet Curling Club |date= |language=en |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814041618/http://curlingclub.net/latest-curling-news/curling-volunteer-jack-macduff/ |archivedate=2011-08-14 }}
References
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External links
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- [https://stats.curling.io/players/macduff-jack Jack MacDuff – Curling Canada Stats Archive]
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Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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