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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) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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) |
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1989–90 | Jack McNelly | Bev Behnke | Adolph Behnke | Dawna Bennett | USMxCC 1990 |
1996–97 | Jack McNelly | Bev Behnke | Bucky Marshall | Susan Anschuetz | USMxCC 1997 |
Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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2001 | 2001 World Men's Curling Championship | United States (men) | 6
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