Claim: Canadian curler, Bill Tetley died at the age of 69 after having a career that included being the skip of the 1975 Brier Championship Team; he did not play in the Senior Curling Championships later in life.
Evidence: William Ross Tetley (July 11, 1933 – June 9, 2003) was a Canadian curler. He also skipped Northern Ontario to a 6-5 record at the 1995 Canadian Senior Curling Championships, missing the playoffs.