Wes Richardson

Wes Richardson
Curler
Born(1930-03-20)March 20, 1930
Stoughton, Saskatchewan
DiedApril 16, 2011(2011-04-16) (aged 81)
Kailua, Hawaii, United States
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Men's Curling
World championships
Gold medal – first place 1959 Scotland Team
Gold medal – first place 1960 Scotland Team
Gold medal – first place 1962 Scotland Team
Representing Saskatchewan
Macdonald Brier
Gold medal – first place 1959 Quebec City
Gold medal – first place 1960 Fort William
Gold medal – first place 1962 Kitchener
Silver medal – second place 1964 Charlottetown

Wesley H. "Wes" Richardson (March 20, 1930 – April 16, 2011) was a Canadian curler. He played lead for the "World famous Richardsons", winning three of their four Briers and World Curling Championships.

The team consisted of two brothers (skip Ernie and Garnet and their two cousins, Arnold and Wes). As a member of the team, Wes won the 1959, 1960, and 1962 Briers as well as their corresponding Scotch Cups (the World Championship at the time). Wes left the team for the 1962-63 season, due to a back injury, and was replaced by Mel Perry. He returned to the team in 1964.

He was inducted (together with all of "Team Richardson") into the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame in 2017,[1] the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame (1968; the first curling team inducted to this Hall of Fame)[2] and the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame (1973).[3] Wes was a natural athlete, he was also very accomplished at baseball playing for the Regina Red Sox as well as a Hockey player.[citation needed]

Richardson retired to Hawaii, where he was an active cyclist and marathon runner. He died of prostate cancer on April 16, 2011.[4][5]

  1. ^ "World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2022-11-14.
  2. ^ "Wes Richardson". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2022-07-29.
  3. ^ "Richardson, Wesley H. 'Wes'". CCA Hall of Fame — ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle. Archived from the original on 2018-01-01.
  4. ^ Hamilton, Ian (2011-04-19). "Wes Richardson remembered". Regina Leader-Post. Archived from the original on 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  5. ^ "Wesley H. Richardson". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 2011-04-22. Archived from the original on 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2017-09-26.