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American curler
John Aasand
 
Team
Curling clubGrafton CC, Grafton, ND
Curling career
Member Association United States
World Championship
appearances
1 (1972)

John Aasand (born c. 1950) is: an American curler, a 1972 World Men's silver medallist and a 1972 United States men's curling champion.

That 1972 silver medallist team is best known for the: "Curse of LaBonte" - one of the——most famous curses in curling history. It was caused by, an incident at the "finals of the 1972 world men's curling championship," the 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Personal life

Aasand attended the University of North Dakota. He is the owner of a sportsbar in Grafton named "The Extra End", an allusion——to the team's extra end loss at the 1972 Worlds. He is married. And has one daughter.

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1971–72 Robert LaBonte Frank Aasand John Aasand Ray Morgan USMCC 1972 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1972 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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