Bruce Roberts (curler)

Bruce Roberts
Bruce Roberts
	Curler ♂
Team
Curling club	Fargo CC,; Seattle CC,; Hibbing CC
Career
Member Association	United States
World Championship; appearances	5 (1966, 1967, 1976, 1977, 1984)
Curling
World Championships
United States Men's Championship

Bruce Roberts (born c. 1942) is an American curler from Hibbing, Minnesota.

He is a 1976 World Men's champion and a five-times United States men's curling champion (1966, 1967, 1976, 1977, 1984).

Awards

United States Curling Association Hall of Fame:
- 1988 (as curler);
- 1994 (with all 1976 world champions team: third Joe Roberts, second Gary Kleffman and lead Jerry Scott).[1]

Roberts was employed as a primary school teacher. His younger brother Joe is a curler too and Bruce's teammate.[2]

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Events
1964–65	Bruce Roberts	Jay Thorseth	Sibley Stewart	Roy Wallace		USMCC 1965[3]
1965–66	Bruce Roberts	Joe Zbacnik	Gerry Toutant	Mike O'Leary		USMCC 1966 WCC 1966
1966–67	Bruce Roberts	Tom Fitzpatrick	John Wright	Doug Walker		USMCC 1967 WCC 1967 [lower-alpha 1]
1974–75	Bruce Roberts	Joe Roberts	Gary Kleffman	Jerry Scott		USMCC 1975
1975–76	Bruce Roberts	Joe Roberts	Gary Kleffman	Jerry Scott		USMCC 1976 WCC 1976
1976–77	Bruce Roberts	Paul Pustovar Joe Roberts	Gary Kleffman	Jerry Scott		USMCC 1977 WCC 1977 (4th)
1977–78	Bruce Roberts	Joe Roberts	Gary Kleffman	Jerry Scott		USMCC 1978
1982–83	Scott Baird	Bruce Roberts	Gary Kleffman	Mark Haluptzok	Craig Polski	USMCC 1983 (5th)
1983–84	Joe Roberts (fourth)	Bruce Roberts (skip)	Gary Kleffman	Jerry Scott		USMCC 1984 WCC 1984 (6th)

Wrong "4th place" in WCF database: both USA and Canada lost in semifinals, no "bronze" match.

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