Bud Somerville

Bud Somerville was an American curler who competed in the curling demonstration events at both the 1988 and 1992 Olympics. Somerville was a two-time World Champion, winning in 1965 and 1974. He was also a five-time US Champion, and was on winning teams at the 1974 and 1978 Air Canada Silver Broom Championship. Somerville was inducted into the United States Curling Hall of Fame in 1984. He is often considered the father of American curling.

His son, Tim Somerville, competed in Olympic curling in 1992, 1998, and 2002, with his father, Bud, coaching the US curlers in 2002. Bud Somerville was also the brother-in-law of Bill Strum, who competed alongside him at the 1988 and 1992 curling demonstrations, and was the uncle of Bill’s son, Mike Strum, who was on the USA curling team at the 1992 Winter Olympics.