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Nancy Langley
Nancy Langley (in marriage Nancy Richard) is an American curler.[1]
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| Other names | Nancy Richard | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Granidears CC, Granite CC, Seattle | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 4 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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At the national level, she is a four-time United States women's champion curler (1979, 1981, 1983, 1988). She competed for USA on four World Women's Championships.
She is the first woman inductee as "curler" to the United States Curling Hall of Fame in 2001 (women before her was inducteed as "builder").[2][3]
Teams edit
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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| 1978–79 | Nancy Langley | Dolores Campbell | Leslie Frosch | Nancy Wallace | USWCC 1979 WCC 1979 (5th) |
| 1980–81 | Nancy Langley | Carol Dahl | Leslie Frosch | Nancy Wallace | USWCC 1981 WCC 1981 (8th) |
| 1982–83 | Nancy Langley | Dolores Campbell | Nancy Wallace | Leslie Frosch | USWCC 1983 WCC 1983 (8th) |
| 1987–88 | Nancy Langley | Nancy Pearson | Leslie Frosch | Mary Hobson | USWCC 1988 WCC 1988 (7th) |
| 2004–05 | Nancy Richard | Doreen Deaver | Leslie Frosch | Miyo Konno | 2005 USWCC/USOCT (9th) |
Personal life edit
Her sister Leslie Frosch is also a curler, they played together on US championships and Worlds.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ Nancy Langley on the World Curling database
- ^ Nancy (Langley) Richard – USA Curling
- ^ . Team USA. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- ^ Richard Seven (November 1, 2008). "Curling makes a cool sport for families". The Seattle Times.
There are many more families curling at the club, just a block east of North 128th Street and Aurora Avenue North, like Leslie Frosch and her sister, Nancy Richard. They have won numerous national championships together and curl with their 81-year-old mother. She took up the sport first but was soon joined by her husband and daughters, who first competed on junior teams.
- ^ "Marion Frosch Obituary (2015) – The Herald (Everett)". Legacy.com.
Marion married Albert Frosch, the love of her life on December 22, 1952. They began their family with Nancy and then Leslie ... She was given a life membership for all of her volunteer activities at Granite Curling club in Seattle. She was President of the Granidears and was on the board of Granite Curling Club.
External links edit
- Nancy Langley at World Curling
- National Champions | Granite Curling Club of Seattle
- "Local youth ushers in start of USA curling nationals in Everett". heraldnet.com. February 12, 2017.
Concrete's Nancy Richard, a four-time women's national champion and member of the USA Curling hall of Fame, acted as skip
- "Fan of the Month: Kathy Morley – The Curler Outreach Program".
Another one of my favorite moments was many years ago when the Seattle team of Nancy Langley Richard, Nancy Pearson, Leslie Frosch and Mary Hobson came to Nutmeg to curl in the Women's Nationals. After they won, they showed me their delivery in the locker room