Chuck Hay

Charles Hay, MBE (23 April 1930[1] – 4 August 2017[2])[3] was a Scottish curler and World Champion. He skipped the Scottish team that won the 1967 World Curling Championships, known then as the Scotch Cup.[4] The other members of the Scottish team were John Bryden, Alan Glen and Dave Howie. They defeated Sweden in the final. Scotland did not win another men's world title until 1991 when David Smith's rink (including Chuck's eldest son David) beat Canada in Winnipeg.[5]

Chuck Hay
Born(1930-04-23)23 April 1930
Died4 August 2017(2017-08-04) (aged 87)
Team
Curling clubKilgraston & Moncrieffe
SkipChuck Hay
ThirdJohn Bryden
SecondAlan Glen
LeadDavid Howie
AlternateJimmy Hamilton
Career
World Championship
appearances
5 (1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968)

Hay was made an MBE in 1977 for his promotion of curling. In 2011 he received the Elmer Freytag Award for services to curling and was inducted into the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame in 2012.[6]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1962–63 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenJimmy HamiltonSMCC 1963
WMCC 1963
1964–65 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid HowieSMCC 1965
WMCC 1965 (4th)
1965–66 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid HowieSMCC 1966
WMCC 1966
1966–67 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid HowieSMCC 1967
WMCC 1967
1967–68 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlan GlenDavid HowieSMCC 1968
WMCC 1968
1975–76 Chuck HayJohn BrydenAlex YoungMorris Morton[7]

References

  1. "Remembering Past President: Chuck Hay (1930–2017) - Scottish Curling". www.scottishcurling.org.
  2. "Chuck Hay obituary with funeral arrangements". 4 August 2017.
  3. "Charles Chuck Hay". The Scotsman. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  4. "World Curling Federation, Chuck Hay". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  5. "Curling – Men: World Championships". sports123. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  6. Andrew, Arbuckle (14 August 2017). "Obituary: Charles (Chuck) Hay, farmer who became first Scot to win curling world championship". The Scotsman. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  7. Past Winners - Perth Masters (web-archive; look at "1976")


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