| 1953 Macdonald Brier | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Sudbury, Ontario |
| Arena | Sudbury Arena |
| Dates | March 2–7 |
| Attendance | 12,500 |
| Winner |  Manitoba |
| Curling club | Dauphin CC, Dauphin |
| Skip | Ab Gowanlock |
| Third | Jim Williams |
| Second | Art Pollon |
| Lead | Russ Jackman |
| Finalist |  Quebec |
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The 1953 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 7, 1953 at Sudbury Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. A total of 12,500 fans attended the event.[1]
Both Team Manitoba and Team Quebec finished round robin play tied with 8-2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff to determine the Brier championship. Manitoba, who was skipped by Ab Gowanlock defeated Quebec in the playoff 8–6 to capture the Brier Tankard. This was Manitoba's fourteenth Brier championship and Gowanlock's second title as a skip with his other title coming in 1938.
The 15 years between Brier championships by Gowanlock set a record for the longest gap between Brier championships by a skip, which to date is still a record. The title gap is also still a record by any player (since equaled by Steve Gould in 1996 and 2011 as a lead[a]). At 52 years of age, Gowanlock is to date the oldest Brier winning skip in history.
- ^ "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 59. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF). Curling Canada. pp. 54–57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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