Alfie Phillips Jr.
Curler
Bornc. 1938 (age 85–86)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Curling career
Member Association Ontario
Brier appearances1 (1967)
World Championship
appearances		1 (1967)
Medal record
Representing  Canada
World Curling Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Perth
Representing  Ontario
Macdonald Brier
Gold medal – first place 1967 Hull

Alfred J. Phillips Jr.[1] (born c. 1938) is a Canadian former curler. He was the skip of the 1967 Brier Champion team, representing Ontario. The team later went on to finish third at the World Championships of that year.[2]

A year following their Brier championship, the team finished second in a bonspiel, earning them more than $3,000, more than the allowable $150 by the Ontario Curling Association. At the time, the OCA forbade professional teams from participating in Brier playdowns. Phillips donated his money to charity, but the rest of his team kept their earnings, and were thus were suspended from OCA competitions. The move forced the OCA to allow professionals, but Phillips' team remained suspended, breaking the team apart.[3]

Phillips was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 2023.[4]

In addition to his on-ice accolades, Phillips co-founded the Ontario Curling Report.[4] His father Alf Phillips Sr. was an Olympic diver,[5] and represented Ontario at the 1956 Brier.

References

  1. ↑ 2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
  2. ↑ Alfie Phillips had a good time on and off the ice: [FIN Edition] Neil MacCarl Toronto Star. Toronto Star [Toronto, Ont] 23 Feb 1987: D8.
  3. ↑ "Yeh, we broke the system". Kingston Whig-Standard. December 12, 1968. p. 15. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Phillips to the Hall!". Curling Canada. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Double shuffle pays off in Toronto Brier victory". Ottawa Citizen. March 11, 1967. p. 18. Retrieved March 6, 2021.


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