OT - My wife's family had a state champion

[Mark Padgett]

My wife's great grandfather lived in Eveleth MN in the early to mid 1900s. Her family history shows he played on the town curling team from it's inception until the mid 30s. Here's a short story my wife found on the net while researching her family's history:

CURLING CLUB
This was established on June 10, 1909. There was a curling rink in the Recreation Building on the corner of Adams Avenue and Garfield Street. Curling was furthered and greatly inspired by the famous Dunbars, who had many champion curling teams. Curling teams from Eveleth won the Minnesota State Championship in the Merriam Medal Curling Bonspiel thirteen times between 1924 and 1948. The present Curling Club is located on Monroe Street, above the Monroe Playground.

BTW - MTD Sr. and I refereed their first match in 1909.