Wes Richardson

{{short description|Canadian curler}}

{{Infobox curler

| name =Wes Richardson

| birth_date ={{Birth date|1930|3|20}}

| birth_place =Stoughton, Saskatchewan

| death_date ={{Death date and age|2011|4|16|1930|3|20}}

| death_place =Kailua, Hawaii, United States

| Brier appearances =

| World Championship appearances =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{flag|Canada|1957}} }}

{{MedalSport | Men's Curling}}

{{MedalCompetition|World championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1959 Scotland| Team}}

{{MedalGold| 1960 Scotland| Team}}

{{MedalGold| 1962 Scotland| Team}}

{{MedalCountry | Saskatchewan }}

{{MedalCompetition | Macdonald Brier }}

{{MedalGold | 1959 Quebec City | }}

{{MedalGold | 1960 Fort William | }}

{{MedalGold | 1962 Kitchener | }}

{{MedalSilver | 1964 Charlottetown | }}

}}

Wesley H. "Wes" Richardson (March 20, 1930 – April 16, 2011) was a Canadian curler. He played lead for the "World famous Richardsons", winning three of their four Briers and World Curling Championships.

The team consisted of two brothers (skip Ernie and Garnet and their two cousins, Arnold and Wes). As a member of the team, Wes won the 1959, 1960, and 1962 Briers as well as their corresponding Scotch Cups (the World Championship at the time). Wes left the team for the 1962–63 season, due to a back injury, and was replaced by Mel Perry. He returned to the team in 1964.

He was inducted (together with all of "Team Richardson") into the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame in 2017,{{cite web |url=https://worldcurling.org/awards/freytag/ |title=World Curling Hall of Fame |website=World Curling Federation |language=en |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114143959/https://worldcurling.org/awards/freytag/ |archivedate=2022-11-14 }} the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame (1968; the first curling team inducted to this Hall of Fame){{cite web |url=https://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=185&catID=all&lang=EN |title=Wes Richardson |website=Canada's Sports Hall of Fame |language=en |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729022304/https://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=185&catID=all&lang=EN |archivedate=2022-07-29 }} and the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame (1973).{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/hof/people/richardson-wesley-h-wes/ |title=Richardson, Wesley H. 'Wes' |website=CCA Hall of Fame — ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle |language=en |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101064640/https://www.curling.ca/hof/people/richardson-wesley-h-wes/ |archivedate=2018-01-01 }}

Wes was a natural athlete, he was also very accomplished at baseball playing for the Regina Red Sox as well as a Hockey player.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Richardson retired to Hawaii, where he was an active cyclist and marathon runner. He died of prostate cancer on April 16, 2011.{{cite news |url=https://leaderpost.com/sports/wes-richardson-remembered |title=Wes Richardson remembered |last=Hamilton |first=Ian |date=2011-04-19 |work=Regina Leader-Post |accessdate=2017-09-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927052651/https://leaderpost.com/sports/wes-richardson-remembered |archivedate=2017-09-27}}{{cite news |url=http://obits.staradvertiser.com/2011/04/22/wesley-h-richardson/ |title=Wesley H. Richardson |date=2011-04-22 |work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |accessdate=2017-09-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519083026/https://obits.staradvertiser.com/2011/04/22/wesley-h-richardson/ |archivedate=2022-05-19}}