| 1956 Macdonald Brier | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Moncton, New Brunswick |
| Arena | Moncton Stadium |
| Dates | March 5–9 |
| Attendance | 25,800 |
| Winner |  Manitoba |
| Curling club | Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg |
| Skip | Billy Walsh |
| Third | Al Langlois |
| Second | Cy White |
| Lead | Andy McWilliams |
| Finalist | Ontario (Phillips Sr.) |
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The 1956 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 5 to 9, 1956 at Moncton Stadium in Moncton, New Brunswick. A total of 25,800 fans attended the event.[1]
Both Team Manitoba and Team Ontario finished tied for first in round robin play with 8-2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the two teams. Manitoba, who was skipped by Billy Walsh defeated Ontario in the tiebreaker 8–7 in an extra end to capture the Brier Tankard in what is considered to be one of the greatest Brier finishes of all time. The game would come down to the last rock as Walsh delivered a perfect shot which snuck past the Ontario guard, then knocked the Ontario shot rock out of play while Walsh's rock managed to bite the 12 foot to capture the Brier championship. Walsh's winning shot was ranked 19th by TSN in their Top 50 Curling Shots of All Time segment.[2]
This was Manitoba's fifteenth Brier championship and the second won by Walsh as a skip, with his first being in 1952. This was the first time in which a championship tiebreaker would go to an extra end and only the second time in which any tiebreaker game would go to an extra end (the other was the second place tiebreaker in 1931).
- ^ "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 59. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ TSN (August 29, 2020). "Top 50 Greatest Curling Shots & Moments". YouTube. Sports Complex. Retrieved 5 May 2022.