John James Douglas (February 6, 1887 - April 12, 1933) was a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
He was born near Meaford, Ontario and lived in Manitoulin Island, Ontario in his early adult life where he met his wife to be, Nora McGilvery who was born at Sheguiandah, Manitoulin Island on June 22, 1885 and died in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Auguat 24, 1974. They married on December 23, 1909 and moved to Winnipeg where John worked for the Codville Company until he died.
John was President of the Deer Lodge Curling Club from 1928 to 1929.
He was skip of the team that won the 1922-1923 Richardson and Eaton Trophy. His teammates were E. Dickie, G.L. Johnson and L.E. Johnson. Leo Johnson (curler) went on to be skip of the winning team of the 1934 MacDonald Brier and was admitted to the Curling Canada Hall of Fame. [1]
Leo's brother Linc Johnson played second in the 1934 MacDonald Brier team.
John went on to become skip of the 1933 Manitoba MacDonald Brier team from Deer Lodge Curling Club.
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Unfortunately John Douglas accidently died of carbon monoxide poisoning on the day there was to be a dinner at the Deer Lodge Curling Club in honour of his team being third at the 1933 MacDonald Brier in Toronto.[2]
John Douglas obituary Winnipeg Free Press April 14 and April 15, 1933.
John is buried with his wife, Nora at Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- ^ https://www.curling.ca/hof/people/johnson-leo/
- ^ Winnipeg Free Press, April 13, 1933, Pages 1, 7 and 17