David Fredrick Gerlach[1] (July 2, 1940 – October 22, 2020)[2] was a Canadian curler. He played as the third on the Ron Northcott rink that won the 1969 Brier and World Championship.
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| Born | July 2, 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | October 22, 2020 (aged 80) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brier appearances | 1 (1969) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1969) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gerlach was the son of Fritz and Ida Gerlach, and grew up in the Stettler, Alberta area, and graduated high school from the Botha School in Botha, Alberta.[2]
Gerlach was a police officer with the Calgary Police Service when he won the Canadian Police Curling Championship in 1967,[3] 1968, 1969, 1970[2] and 1972.[4] Before becoming a police officer, Gerlach was a farmer in Stettler, Alberta.[5] He returned to Stettler to farm in the 1970s,[6] and worked as a car salesman. In 1981, he started a business selling pictures.[2]
Gerlach was married twice and had three daughters.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Larry Wood". Calgary Herald. March 6, 1969. p. 36. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Obituary of David Frederick Gerlach | Stettler Funeral Home & Crematorium". stettlerfuneralhome.com. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ "Dave Gerlach Misses Brier But Wins National Title". Ottawa Citizen. March 1, 1967. p. 14. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ Patton, Paul (March 16, 1972). "Gerlach's Alberta curlers win Police championship". The Globe and Mail. p. 44.
- ^ "Young Gerlach Dethrones Gervais". Edmonton Journal. February 12, 1966. p. 27. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Higgs cops curling crown". Edmonton Journal. February 20, 1974. p. 65. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
External links
edit- Dave Gerlach at World Curling
- David Gerlach – Curling Canada Stats Archive
- Video: 1969 MacDonald Brier (Oshawa, Ontario) on YouTube (YouTube-channel "Curling Canada")