The 1937 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 1 to 5, 1937 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.[1]

1937 Macdonald Brier
Host cityToronto, Ontario
ArenaGranite Curling Club
DatesMarch 1–5
WinnerAlberta
Curling clubRoyal CC, Edmonton
SkipCliff Manahan
ThirdWesley Robinson
SecondRoss Manahan
LeadLloyd McIntyre
Finalist Manitoba (Jimmy Welsh)
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Both Alberta and Manitoba finished round robin play 8–1, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff for the Brier championship. Team Alberta, who was skipped by Cliff Manahan would win the tiebreaker in dominant fashion over Manitoba 19–7 to capture the Brier Tankard. This was Alberta's and Manahan's second Brier championship as Manahan had skipped Alberta to their only other title in 1933.

Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:[2]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Northern Ontario
Royal CC, Edmonton

Skip: Cliff Manahan
Third: Wesley Robinson
Second: Ross Manahan
Lead: Lloyd McIntyre

Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Roland David
Third: Francis Avery
Second: Frederick Tinling
Lead: George Norgan

Deer Lodge CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Jimmy Welsh
Third: Fred Smith
Second: Jock Reid
Lead: Harry Monk Sr.

Fredericton CC, Fredericton

Skip: Charles Barry
Third: Fred Hatt
Second: Harold Colwell
Lead: Harold Porter

Haileybury CC, Haileybury

Skip: Emmett Smith
Third: Daniel Millar
Second: William Beecroft
Lead: Melvin Robb

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan
Truro CC, Truro

Skip: Hugh Ferguson
Third: Victor Crowe
Second: Charles Cox
Lead: George Thomas

Kitchener Granite CC, Kitchener

Skip: Albert Dunker
Third: Irvin Huntington
Second: Arthur Lehnen
Lead: Frederick Hasenflug

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Arthur Belcher
Third: Philip Cobb
Second: Edmund Miles
Lead: William Lord

Calendonia CC, Montreal

Skip: Ormiston Roy
Third: John Roy
Second: Howard Stewart
Lead: Edwin Maw

Moose Jaw CC, Moose Jaw

Skip: Franklin Smith
Third: William Turner
Second: Earl West
Lead: Archibald Graham

Round Robin standings

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Key
Teams to Tiebreaker
Province Skip W L PF PA
Alberta Cliff Manahan 8 1 113 74
  Manitoba James Welsh 8 1 117 65
Northern Ontario Emmett Smith 7 2 94 74
Saskatchewan Franklin Smith 6 3 115 80
  Nova Scotia Hugh Ferguson 5 4 82 103
British Columbia Roland David 5 4 111 77
Quebec Ormiston Roy 2 7 68 121
Ontario Albert Dunker 2 7 90 83
New Brunswick Charles Barry 1 8 77 119
Prince Edward Island Arthur Belcher 1 8 65 136

Round Robin results

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Draw 1

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 10
Northern Ontario (E. Smith) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (Belcher) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 7
Saskatchewan (F. Smith) 0 4 0 6 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 22
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Barry) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5
Ontario (Dunker) 4 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 14
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Ferguson) 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 9
British Columbia (David) 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Roy) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6
  Manitoba (Welsh) 1 3 0 2 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 16

Draw 2

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (F. Smith) 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6
Alberta (Manahan) 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Welsh) 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 5 16
New Brunswick (Barry) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (Belcher) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 6
British Columbia (David) 2 3 2 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 17
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (E. Smith) 1 2 0 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 15
Quebec (Roy) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 1 12
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
Ontario (Dunker) 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8
  Nova Scotia (Ferguson) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 9

Draw 3

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (David) 0 1 1 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 13
Alberta (Manahan) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Barry) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7
Northern Ontario (E. Smith) 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 15
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Welsh) 3 4 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 0 20
  Nova Scotia (Ferguson) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (Belcher) 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
Ontario (Dunker) 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 3 18
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Roy) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6
Saskatchewan (F. Smith) 1 0 2 0 1 5 1 0 1 2 2 0 15

Draw 4

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (E. Smith) 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 3 0 15
Prince Edward Island (Belcher) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (David) 3 0 3 1 0 0 6 3 1 1 1 0 19
New Brunswick (Barry) 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Welsh) 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 10
Alberta (Manahan) 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 14
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Dunker) 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 8
Quebec (Roy) 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (F. Smith) 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 19
  Nova Scotia (Ferguson) 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 10

Draw 5

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 12
New Brunswick (Barry) 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (David) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 6
  Manitoba (Welsh) 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 X 13
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (F. Smith) 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 10
Ontario (Dunker) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (E. Smith) 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 10
  Nova Scotia (Ferguson) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Roy) 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 8
Prince Edward Island (Belcher) 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 10

Draw 6

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Roy) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Alberta (Manahan) 1 2 4 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 4 0 19
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (David) 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 10
Ontario (Dunker) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Barry) 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 9
  Nova Scotia (Ferguson) 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (F. Smith) 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Northern Ontario (E. Smith) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Welsh) 2 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 15
Prince Edward Island (Belcher) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5

Draw 7

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Dunker) 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 10
Alberta (Manahan) 3 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 13
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Welsh) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 7
Northern Ontario (E. Smith) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (F. Smith) 3 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 14
British Columbia (David) 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 3 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Nova Scotia (Ferguson) 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 10
Prince Edward Island (Belcher) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Barry) 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 9
Quebec (Roy) 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 12

Draw 8

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (David) 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 8
Northern Ontario (E. Smith) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Barry) 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 2 12
Saskatchewan (F. Smith) 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 15
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 1 2 0 2 2 0 6 0 2 1 1 1 18
Prince Edward Island (Belcher) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Ferguson) 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 10
Quebec (Roy) 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Welsh) 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 10
Ontario (Dunker) 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6

Draw 9

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 3 13
  Nova Scotia (Ferguson) 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Welsh) 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 10
Saskatchewan (F. Smith) 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
Northern Ontario (E. Smith) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 10
Ontario (Dunker) 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (David) 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 3 19
Quebec (Roy) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Barry) 1 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 13
Prince Edward Island (Belcher) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6

Tiebreaker

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 3 2 0 3 0 5 0 4 0 1 1 0 19
  Manitoba (Welsh) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7

References

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  1. ^ 1937 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
  2. ^ "1937 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-06-17.