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Raymond Hugh "Bud" Somerville (January 27, 1937 – October 13, 2023) was an American curler. He was a two-time World champion (1965, 1974), five time American champion (1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1981), and 14 time Wisconsin state champion (1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984).

Somerville was born in Superior, Wisconsin to Raymond W. Somerville and Fern Somerville (née Berg). He attended Superior Central High School.

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Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Best finish	Games	Wins	Losses
WCC	5	1	2	1	1	40	27	13
SC	1	1	0	0	1	7	6	1
OGE	2	0	0	1	3	13	7	6
	8	2	2	2		60	40	20

World Curling Championships

Year	Association	Ranking	Position	Personal Record	Club
1968		3	S	5 - 3	Superior CC, Wisconsin
		NOR 18-7, CAN 6-10, SUI 17-6, SCO 6-11, SWE 8-4, FRA 14-6, GER 16-5, SF:CAN 2-12
1969		2	S	6 - 3	Superior CC, Wisconsin
		SCO 4-11, NOR 13-6, GER 21-1, FRA 12-3, CAN 12-10, SUI 15-3, SWE 8-9, SF:SCO 7-5, F:CAN 6-9
1974		1	S	8 - 3	Superior CC, Wisconsin
		DEN 10-4, NOR 8-4, GER 6-10, CAN 7-3, SWE 4-5, FRA 12-2, SUI 4-5, ITA 9-2, SCO 8-2, SF:SUI 3-2, F:SWE 11-4
1981		2	S-3	7 - 4	Superior CC, Wisconsin
		DEN 8-4, NOR 4-6, SWE 7-5, CAN 4-5, SUI 6-5, GER 5-7, SCO 7-4, FRA 8-2, ITA 6-4, SF:NOR 7-4, F:SUI 1-2
1995		4	A	1 - 0	Superior CC, Wisconsin
		SWE 5-4, SCO 4-8, GER 5-8, AUS 9-6, CAN 6-7, WAL 10-5, SUI 7-3, ENG 3-12, NOR 3-5, SUI 6-3, NOR 10-1, SF:CAN 7-10, B:GER 5-6

Scotch Cup

Year	Association	Ranking	Position	Personal Record	Club
1965		1	S	6 - 1	Superior CC, Wisconsin
		SCO 5-11, CAN 9-8, SWE 9-7, NOR 22-5, SUI 22-3, SF:SWE 14-5, F:CAN 9-6

Olympic Games - Exhibition Sport

Year	Association	Ranking	Position	Personal Record	Club
1988		4	S-3	4 - 4	Superior CC, Wisconsin
		DEN 6-5, CAN 5-9, SWE 10-6, GBR 7-6, SUI 4-7, GER 6-7, NOR 9-3, NOR 3-6
1992		3	S	3 - 2	Superior CC, Wisconsin
		CAN 3-7, SWE 8-4, FRA 4-6, SF:NOR 3-8, B:CAN 9-2

Opponent

Wins

Losses

Canada

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Year	Tournament	Draw	Team	Opponent	Score
1965	SC	2	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Terry Braunstein	9 - 8
1965	SC	F	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Terry Braunstein	9 - 6
1968	WCC	2	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Ron Northcott	6 - 10
1968	WCC	SF	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Ron Northcott	2 - 12
1969	WCC	F	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Ron Northcott	6 - 9
1969	WCC	5	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Ron Northcott	12 - 10
1974	WCC	4	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Hector Gervais	7 - 3
1981	WCC	4	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Kerry Burtnyk	4 - 5
1988	OGE	2	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Ed Lukowich	5 - 9
1992	OGE	1	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Kevin Martin	3 - 7
1992	OGE	B	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Kevin Martin	9 - 2
Finals: 1 - 1		Playoffs: 2 - 2		Other: 3 - 4

Denmark

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Year	Tournament	Draw	Team	Opponent	Score
1974	WCC	1	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Flemming Pedersen	10 - 4
1981	WCC	1	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Tommy Stjerne	8 - 4
1988	OGE	1	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Gert Larsen	6 - 5
Finals: 0 - 0		Playoffs: 0 - 0		Other: 3 - 0

France

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Year	Tournament	Draw	Team	Opponent	Score
1968	WCC	6	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Guy Parodi	14 - 6
1969	WCC	4	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Pierre Boan	12 - 3
1974	WCC	6	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Pierre Duclos	12 - 2
1981	WCC	8	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Gérard Alazet	8 - 2
1992	OGE	3	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Dominique Dupont-Roc	4 - 6
Finals: 0 - 0		Playoffs: 0 - 0		Other: 4 - 1

Germany

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Year	Tournament	Draw	Team	Opponent	Score
1968	WCC	7	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Werner Fischer-Weppler	16 - 5
1969	WCC	3	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Werner Fischer-Weppler	21 - 1
1974	WCC	3	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Manfred Räderer	6 - 10
1981	WCC	6	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Keith Wendorf	5 - 7
1988	OGE	6	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Andy Kapp	6 - 7
Finals: 0 - 0		Playoffs: 0 - 0		Other: 2 - 3

Great Britain

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Year	Tournament	Draw	Team	Opponent	Score
1988	OGE	4	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	David Smith	7 - 6
Finals: 0 - 0		Playoffs: 0 - 0		Other: 1 - 0

Italy

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Year	Tournament	Draw	Team	Opponent	Score
1974	WCC	8	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Renato Ghezze	9 - 2
1981	WCC	9	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Giuseppe Dal Molin	6 - 4
Finals: 0 - 0		Playoffs: 0 - 0		Other: 2 - 0

Norway

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Year	Tournament	Draw	Team	Opponent	Score
1965	SC	4	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Ulf Engh	22 - 5
1968	WCC	1	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Thor Andresen	18 - 7
1969	WCC	2	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Erik Gylenhammar	13 - 6
1974	WCC	2	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Sjur Loen	8 - 4
1981	WCC	2	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Kristian Sørum	4 - 6
1981	WCC	SF	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Kristian Sørum	7 - 4
1988	OGE	7	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Eigil Ramsfjell	9 - 3
1988	OGE	T2	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Eigil Ramsfjell	3 - 6
1992	OGE	SF	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Tormod Andreassen	3 - 8
Finals: 0 - 0		Playoffs: 1 - 1		Other: 5 - 2

Scotland

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Year	Tournament	Draw	Team	Opponent	Score
1965	SC	1	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Chuck Hay	5 - 11
1968	WCC	4	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Chuck Hay	6 - 11
1969	WCC	SF	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Bill Muirhead	7 - 5
1969	WCC	1	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Bill Muirhead	4 - 11
1974	WCC	9	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Jimmy Waddell	8 - 2
1981	WCC	7	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Colin Hamilton	7 - 4
Finals: 0 - 0		Playoffs: 1 - 0		Other: 2 - 3

Sweden

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Year	Tournament	Draw	Team	Opponent	Score
1965	SC	3	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Börje Holmgren	9 - 7
1965	SC	SF	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Börje Holmgren	14 - 5
1968	WCC	5	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Kjell Grengmark	8 - 4
1969	WCC	7	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Kjell Oscarius	8 - 9
1974	WCC	5	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Jan Ullsten	4 - 5
1974	WCC	F	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Jan Ullsten	11 - 4
1981	WCC	3	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Jan Ullsten	7 - 5
1988	OGE	3	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Dan-Ola Eriksson	10 - 6
1992	OGE	2	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Dan-Ola Eriksson	8 - 4
Finals: 1 - 0		Playoffs: 2 - 0		Other: 5 - 2

Switzerland

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Year	Tournament	Draw	Team	Opponent	Score
1965	SC	5	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Theo Welschen	22 - 3
1968	WCC	3	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Franz Marti	17 - 6
1969	WCC	6	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Heinz Beutler	15 - 3
1974	WCC	7	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Peter, Jr Attinger	4 - 5
1974	WCC	SF	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Peter, Jr Attinger	3 - 2
1981	WCC	5	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Jürg Tanner	6 - 5
1981	WCC	F	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Jürg Tanner	1 - 2
1988	OGE	5	Raymond "Bud" Somerville	Hansjörg Lips	4 - 7
Finals: 0 - 1		Playoffs: 1 - 1		Other: 4 - 2

Wales

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0

Year	Tournament	Draw	Team	Opponent	Score
1995	WCC	6	Tim Somerville	John Hunt	10 - 5
Finals: 0 - 0		Playoffs: 0 - 0		Other: 1 - 0

Year	Award
2001	World Freytag Award	Player
2012	Hall of Fame Member	Player

Team coach

Association	Year	Championship	Class	Position
	1999	Ford World Curling Championships 1999	Men	4

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