Jack McNelly
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| Born | March 28, 1949 | |||||||||||
| Died | March 15, 2020 (aged 70) | |||||||||||
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| Curling club | Broadmoor CC, Colorado Springs, Colorado[1] | |||||||||||
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| Member Association |  United States | |||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1983) | |||||||||||
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Arthur John McNelly (March 28, 1949 – March 15, 2020)[2][3] was an American curler and curling coach.[4]
McNelly as lead for Don Cooper's team won the United States men's curling championship in 1983, defeating Bud Somerville in the final.[5] He was also two-time United States mixed curling champion curler.
McNelly was a long-time director of the United States Curling Association. He was USCA president in the 2002-2003 season. He served as U.S. Olympic Curling Team Leader in 2002 and 2006, and was for many years curling’s representative or alternate representative to the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Teams
[edit]Men's
[edit]| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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| 1982–83 | Don Cooper | Jerry van Brunt Jr. | Billy Shipstad | Jack McNelly | USMCC 1983  WCC 1983 (6th) |
Mixed
[edit]| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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| 1989–90 | Jack McNelly | Bev Behnke | Adolph Behnke | Dawna Bennett | USMxCC 1990
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| 1996–97 | Jack McNelly | Bev Behnke | Bucky Marshall | Susan Anschuetz | USMxCC 1997
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Record as a coach of national teams
[edit]| Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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| 2001 | 2001 World Men's Curling Championship | United States (men) |
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References
[edit]- ^ Broadmoor Curling Club
- ^ Arthur McNelly Obituary - Colorado Springs, CO (web archive)
- ^ "USA Curling mourns the loss of Jack McNelly". Team USA. March 19, 2020. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020.
- ^ Jack McNelly at World Curling
- ^ "Ed setting forth to win the World". Winnipeg Sun. April 11, 1983. p. 25. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
External links
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