| Dave Gerlach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 2, 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | October 22, 2020 (aged 80) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brier appearances | 1 (1969) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1969) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David Fredrick Gerlach[1] (July 2, 1940–October 22, 2020)[2] was a Canadian curler. He played as the third on the Ron Northcott rink that won the 1969 Brier and World Championship.
Gerlach was the son of Fritz and Ida Gerlach, and grew up in the Stettler, Alberta area, and graduated high school from the Botha School in Botha, Alberta.[2]
Gerlach was a police officer with the Calgary Police Service when he won the Canadian Police Curling Championship in 1967,[3] 1968, 1969, 1970[2] and 1972.[4] Before becoming a police officer, Gerlach was a farmer in Stettler, Alberta.[5] He returned to Stettler to farm in the 1970s,[6] and worked as a car salesman. In 1981, he started a business selling pictures.[2]
Gerlach was married twice and had three daughters.[2]
- ^ "Larry Wood". Calgary Herald. March 6, 1969. p. 36. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Obituary of David Frederick Gerlach | Stettler Funeral Home & Crematorium". stettlerfuneralhome.com. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ "Dave Gerlach Misses Brier But Wins National Title". Ottawa Citizen. March 1, 1967. p. 14. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ Patton, Paul (March 16, 1972). "Gerlach's Alberta curlers win Police championship". The Globe and Mail. p. 44.
- ^ "Young Gerlach Dethrones Gervais". Edmonton Journal. February 12, 1966. p. 27. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Higgs cops curling crown". Edmonton Journal. February 20, 1974. p. 65. Retrieved April 17, 2020.