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

Teams

class="wikitable"
scope="col"| Season

! scope="col"| Skip

! scope="col"| Third

! scope="col"| Second

! scope="col"| Lead

! scope="col"| Alternate

! scope="col"| Events

scope="row"| 1973–74

| Bud Somerville || Bob Nichols || Bill Strum || Tom Locken || || 1974 USMCC {{Gold1}}
{{WMCC|1974|1974 WMCC}} {{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}}
{{WMCC|1978|1978 WMCC}} {{Gold1}}

scope="row"| 1987–88

| Bob Nichols
(fourth) || Bud Somerville
(skip) || Tom Locken || Bob Christman || Bill Strum
(WOG) || 1987 USOCT {{Gold1}}
1988 WOG (4th)

scope="row"| 1989–90

| Jim Bradshaw || Tom Locken || Bob Christman || Bob Buchanan || ||

References

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