Jimmy Waddell

Jimmy Waddell
Curler
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Team
Curling clubHamilton & Thornyhill CC[1]
Curling career
Member Association Scotland
World Championship
appearances		4 (1964, 1972, 1974, 1979)
European Championship
appearances		1 (1979)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
1964 Calgary
European Championships
1979 Varese
Scottish Men's Championship
1964 Edinburgh[2]
1972
1974
1979

James Waddell (born c. 1937)[2] is a Scottish curler. He is a 1979 European champion and a 1964 World championship silver medallist.[3]

Waddell and the entirety of his 1964 Scottish champion rink were farmers from Hamilton.[2]

Teams

Men's

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1963–64 Alex F. Torrance Alex A. Torrance Robert Kirkland Jimmy Waddell SMCC 1964
WCC 1964
1971–72 Alex F. Torrance Alex A. Torrance Robert Kirkland Jimmy Waddell SMCC 1972
WCC 1972 (4th)
1973–74 Jimmy Waddell Jim Steele Robert Kirkland Willie Frame SMCC 1974
WCC 1974 (8th)
1978–79 Jimmy Waddell Willie Frame Jim Forrest George Bryan SMCC 1979
WCC 1979 (6th)
1979–80 Jimmy Waddell Willie Frame Jim Forrest George Bryan ECC 1979

Mixed

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1987 Jim Waddell Isobel Waddell Alec Torrance Isobel Torrance SMxCC 1987

Private life

His grandson Kyle is a curler too, a 2013 World Junior champion and a 2017 European Championships silver medallist. Another grandson Craig is also a curler, and the brothers played together in the 2019 European Championships.

References

  1. ^ Hamilton & Thornyhill Curling Club
  2. ^ a b c "Personnel of visiting Scotch Cup rinks". Calgary Heralad. 12 March 1964. p. 60. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. ^ Jimmy Waddell at World Curling


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