Tom Locken
{{Short description|American curler}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Tom Locken
| gender = M
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|10|16}}
| birth_place = Duluth, Minnesota
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| Curling club = Superior CC,
Superior, Wisconsin
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| Member Association = {{USA}}
| World Championship appearances = 2 ({{WMCC|1974}}, {{WMCC|1978}})
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| Olympic appearances = 1 (1988; demo)
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| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalSport | Curling}}
{{MedalCompetition | {{WMCC||World Championships}}}}
{{MedalGold | {{WMCC|1974|1974 Bern}} | }}
{{MedalGold | {{WMCC|1978|1978 Winnipeg}} | }}
{{MedalCompetition | United States Men's Championship }}
{{MedalGold | 1974 Schenectady | }}
{{MedalGold | 1978 Utica | }}
{{MedalCompetition | United States Olympic Trials }}
{{MedalGold | 1987 St. Paul | }}
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Thomas Gilbert Locken (born October 16, 1942, in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American curler.
He is a two-time {{WMCC||World Men's champion}} ({{WMCC|1974}}, {{WMCC|1978}}) and a two-time United States men's curling champion (1974, 1978).
He played at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport, USA men's team finished on fourth place.
Awards
- United States Curling Association Hall of Fame:[https://web.archive.org/web/20140121062709/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/About-Us/Inside-USA-Curling/Hall-of-Fame/Hall-of-Fame-Members Hall of Fame Members - USA Curling - Team USA]
- 1994 (as curler);
- 2017 (with all 1974 world champions team: skip Bud Somerville, third Bob Nichols and second Bill Strum).
- 2017 (with all 1978 world champions team: skip Bob Nichols, third Bill Strum and lead Bob Christman).
Teams
class="wikitable" |
scope="col"| Season
! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate ! scope="col"| Events |
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scope="row"| 1973–74
| Bud Somerville || Bob Nichols || Bill Strum || Tom Locken || || 1974 USMCC {{Gold1}} |
scope="row"| 1974–75{{Cite web|url=http://www.wi-curling.org/curling/champions/Men%27s?page=2|title=Wisconsin State Champions - Men's|last=|first=|date=|website=Wisconsin State Curling Association|access-date=Dec 13, 2019}}
| Bud Somerville || Bob Nichols || Bill Strum || Tom Locken || || |
scope="row"| 1975–76
| Bud Somerville || Bob Nichols || Bill Strum || Tom Locken || || |
scope="row"| 1976–77
| Bud Somerville || Bob Nichols || Bill Strum || Tom Locken || || |
scope="row"| 1977–78
| Bob Nichols || Bill Strum || Tom Locken || Bob Christman || || 1978 USMCC {{Gold1}} |
scope="row"| 1987–88
| Bob Nichols |
scope="row"| 1989–90
| Jim Bradshaw || Tom Locken || Bob Christman || Bob Buchanan || || |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{sports links}}
- Video: {{youTube|huzFANXpMtQ|1978 Air Canada Silver Broom Highlights}}
{{Footer World Men's Curling Champions}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Duluth, Minnesota
Category:American male curlers
Category:World curling champions
Category:American curling champions
Category:Curlers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic curlers for the United States
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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