Rod Hunter

{{Short description|Canadian curler and politician}}

{{for|former Australian speedway rider|Rod Hunter (speedway rider)}}

{{Infobox curler

| name =Rod Hunter

| birth_date =August 24, 1943{{cite web |url=http://www.vikingfuneralservices.ca/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=4514064&fh_id=14333 |title=Obituary {{!}} Roderick George McLean Hunter {{!}} Viking Funeral Services |language=en |access-date=2022-04-08 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408202853/https://www.vikingfuneralservices.ca/?action=obituaries.obit_view&o_id=4514064&fh_id=14333 |archivedate=2022-04-08 }}

| birth_place =Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

| death_date = {{nowrap|{{Death date and age|2018|1|6|1943|8|24}}}}

| death_place=Viking, Alberta

| Brier appearances = 4 (1970, 1971, 1973, 1975)

| World Championship appearances = 2 (1970, 1971)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's curling }}

{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1970 Utica | }}

{{MedalGold | 1971 Megève | }}

{{MedalCountry | {{MB}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Macdonald Brier }}

{{MedalGold | 1970 Winnipeg | }}

{{MedalGold | 1971 Quebec City | }}

}}

Roderick George McLean "The Arrow" Hunter (August 24, 1943 – January 6, 2018) was a Canadian curler and politician. He was the third on the Don Duguid rink that won two World Curling Championships and two Brier Championships.{{cite web| url = http://www.curling.ca/hof/people/hunter-roderick-g-m-rod/| title = Hunter, Roderick G.M. 'Rod' – CCA Hall of Fame {{!}} ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thecurler.com/story,news-item-1750,Shared-Memories |title=Shared Memories! - TheCurler |website=www.thecurler.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108062753/http://www.thecurler.com/story,news-item-1750,Shared-Memories |archive-date=2018-01-08}} He also won four British Consols Trophies, the men's provincial championship. After his curling career, Hunter moved to Alberta and became town councillor in the town of Viking. In Viking, he was also the president and manager of the Viking Curling Club.

Hunter was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1974 and was also a member of the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame and Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. He died in 2018 in Viking, Alberta.[http://www.curling.ca/blog/2018/01/07/canadian-curling-hall-of-famer-rod-hunter-passes-away/ Canadian Curling Hall-Of-Famer Rod Hunter Passes Away]