Bud Somerville

Bud Somerville
Born
Raymond Hugh Somerville

(1937-01-27)January 27, 1937
DiedOctober 13, 2023(2023-10-13) (aged 86)
Curling career
World Championship
appearances
5 (1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1981)
Olympic
appearances
2 (1988, 1992)
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing  United States
Winter Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Albertville (Demonstration)
World Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1965 Perth
Gold medal – first place 1974 Bern
Silver medal – second place 1969 Perth
Silver medal – second place 1981 London
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Quebec

Raymond Hugh "Bud" Somerville (January 27, 1937 – October 13, 2023) was an American curler. He was a two-time World champion (1965, 1974), five time American champion (1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1981), and 14 time Wisconsin state champion (1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984).[1][2]

Somerville was born in Superior, Wisconsin to Raymond W. Somerville and Fern Somerville (née Berg). He attended Superior Central High School.[3]

  1. ^ "Raymond Somerville". Team USA. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  2. ^ "Men's Champions". Wisconsin State Curling Association. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference obit2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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