Nancy Langley
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{{short description|American curler}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Nancy Langley
| gender = F
| other_names = Nancy Richard
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| Curling club = Granidears CC,
Granite CC, Seattle
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| World Championship appearances = 4 ({{WWCC|1979}}, {{WWCC|1981}}, {{WWCC|1983}}, {{WWCC|1988}})
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| Member Association = {{Flagu|United States}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's curling }}
{{MedalCompetition | United States National Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 1979 Winchester, MA | }}
{{MedalGold | 1981 Kettle Moraine, WI | }}
{{MedalGold | 1983 Grafton, ND | }}
{{MedalGold | 1988 Darien, CT | }}
}}
Nancy Langley (in marriage Nancy Richard) is an American curler.{{worldcurling}}
At the national level, she is a four-time United States women's champion curler (1979, 1981, 1983, 1988). She competed for USA on four {{WWCC||World Women's Championships}}.
She is the first woman inductee as "curler" to the United States Curling Hall of Fame in 2001 (women before her was inducteed as "builder").[https://www.usacurling.org/hall-of-fame/nancy-richard Nancy (Langley) Richard – USA Curling]{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org:443/USA-Curling/About-Us/Inside-USA-Curling/Hall-of-Fame/Hall-of-Fame-Members|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121062709/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/About-Us/Inside-USA-Curling/Hall-of-Fame/Hall-of-Fame-Members|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2014|title=Hall of Fame Members|website=Team USA|language=en|access-date=2019-04-10}}
Teams
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| scope="col"| Season
! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Events |
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| scope="row"| 1978–79
| Nancy Langley || Dolores Campbell || Leslie Frosch || Nancy Wallace || USWCC 1979 {{Gold1}} |
| scope="row"| 1980–81
| Nancy Langley || Carol Dahl || Leslie Frosch || Nancy Wallace || USWCC 1981 {{Gold1}} |
| scope="row"| 1982–83
| Nancy Langley || Dolores Campbell || Nancy Wallace || Leslie Frosch || USWCC 1983 {{Gold1}} |
| scope="row"| 1987–88
| Nancy Langley || Nancy Pearson || Leslie Frosch || Mary Hobson || USWCC 1988 {{Gold1}} |
| scope="row"| 2004–05
| Nancy Richard || Doreen Deaver || Leslie Frosch || Miyo Konno || 2005 USWCC/USOCT (9th) |
Personal life
Her sister Leslie Frosch is also a curler, they played together on US championships and Worlds.{{cite web |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/curling-makes-a-cool-sport-for-families/ |title=Curling makes a cool sport for families |publisher=The Seattle Times |date=November 1, 2008 |author=Richard Seven |quote=There are many more families curling at the club, just a block east of North 128th Street and Aurora Avenue North, like Leslie Frosch and her sister, Nancy Richard. They have won numerous national championships together and curl with their 81-year-old mother. She took up the sport first but was soon joined by her husband and daughters, who first competed on junior teams. }}{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/heraldnet/name/marion-frosch-obituary?id=16627890 |title=Marion Frosch Obituary (2015) – The Herald (Everett) |publisher=Legacy.com |quote=Marion married Albert Frosch, the love of her life on December 22, 1952. They began their family with Nancy and then Leslie ... She was given a life membership for all of her volunteer activities at Granite Curling club in Seattle. She was President of the Granidears and was on the board of Granite Curling Club. }}
References
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External links
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- [https://curlingseattle.org/national-champions National Champions | Granite Curling Club of Seattle]
- {{cite web |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/local-youth-ushers-in-start-of-usa-curling-nationals-in-everett/ |title=Local youth ushers in start of USA curling nationals in Everett |publisher=heraldnet.com |date=February 12, 2017 |quote=Concrete’s Nancy Richard, a four-time women’s national champion and member of the USA Curling hall of Fame, acted as skip }}
- {{cite web |url=https://curleroutreach.org/blog/fan-of-the-month-kathy-morley |title=Fan of the Month: Kathy Morley – The Curler Outreach Program |quote=Another one of my favorite moments was many years ago when the Seattle team of Nancy Langley Richard, Nancy Pearson, Leslie Frosch and Mary Hobson came to Nutmeg to curl in the Women’s Nationals. After they won, they showed me their delivery in the locker room }}
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Category:American female curlers
Category:American curling champions
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
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