Dave Gerlach
David Fredrick Gerlach (July 2, 1940–October 22, 2020) was a Canadian curler. He played as the third on the Ron Northcott rink that won the 1969 Brier and World Championship.
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| Born | July 2, 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | October 22, 2020 (aged 80) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brier appearances | 1 (1969) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1969) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gerlach was the son of Fritz and Ida Gerlach, and grew up in the Stettler, Alberta area, and graduated high school from the Botha School in Botha, Alberta.
Gerlach was a police officer with the Calgary Police Service when he won the Canadian Police Curling Championship in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1972. Before becoming a police officer, Gerlach was a farmer in Stettler, Alberta. He returned to Stettler to farm in the 1970s, and worked as a car salesman. In 1981, he started a business selling pictures.
Gerlach was married twice and had three daughters.
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