David Howie (curler)

David Howie (born c. 1927)[1] is a Scottish curler.

For other people named David Howie, see David Howie (disambiguation).

David Howie
Curler
Team
Curling clubKilgraston & Moncrieffe, Perth
SkipChuck Hay
ThirdJohn Bryden
SecondAlan Glen
LeadDavid Howie
Curling career
Member Association Scotland
World Championship
appearances		4 (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968)
Medal record
Curling
World Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1967 Perth
Silver medal – second place 1966 Vancouver
Silver medal – second place 1968 Point-Claire
Scottish Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1965
Gold medal – first place 1966
Gold medal – first place 1967
Gold medal – first place 1968

He played lead on Chuck Hay's team out of the Kilgraston & Moncrieffe Curling Club in Perth, Scotland during a very successful run in the 1960s. The team won the Scottish Men's Championship four years in a row,[2] earning them the right to represent Scotland at the World Curling Championships in those years. At World's in 1966[3] and 1968[4] The Hay rink took home the silver medal, with Canada winning the Championship each of those years. At the 1967 World Men's Championship they defeated Team Sweden, skipped by Bob Woods, in the final to win Scotland's first World Men's Championship.[5][6][7]

Howie worked as a farmer in Perthshire.[8]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1964–65 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid Howie1965 SMCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1965 WMCC (4th)
1965–66 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid Howie1966 SMCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1966 WMCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1966–67 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid Howie1967 SMCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1967 WMCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1967–68 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid Howie1968 SMCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1968 WMCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1987–88 Grant McPhersonR. GrayDavid HowieRobert WilsonEdinburgh Int'l 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. "Scottish Rink Upsets Overconfident Americans". Nanaimo Daily News. 22 March 1966. p. 8. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. "SCOTTISH CHAMPIONS MEN". Scottish Curling. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  3. "Scotch Cup 1966". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. "Air Canada Silver Broom 1968". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. "Scotch Cup 1967". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. "WORLD MEN'S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALLISTS". Scottish Curling. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  7. "Obituary - Chuck Hay, world curling champion". The Herald. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  8. "Canada Plays Swedish Four in Scotch Cup Opening Round". Nanaimo Daily News. 21 March 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 5 March 2022.


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