Frank Aasand

Frank Aasand (July 27, 1949 – January 15, 2019) was an American curler, a 1972 World Men's silver medallist[1] and a 1972 United States men's curling champion.

Frank Aasand
Curler
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Born(1949-07-27)July 27, 1949
Grafton, North Dakota
DiedJanuary 15, 2019(2019-01-15) (aged 69)
Fargo, North Dakota
Team
Curling clubGrafton CC, Grafton, ND
Career
Member Association United States
World Championship
appearances		1 (1972)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
1972 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
United States Men's Championship
1972 Wilmette

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.[2]

He also won the 1976 United States Mixed Curling Championship.

Personal life

Aasand was the son of Ole Aasand and Frances Weed, and his brother John was his teammate. He graduated from Grafton High School and North Dakota State University with a degree in pharmacy and worked for Getz Drug. He was married to Victoria LaBonte and lived in Grafton and had three children. He later owned Frank's Pharmacy, and then worked for Grafton Drug. He moved to Fargo in 2011. He was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the Elks Club, the Eagle's Club and was a past president of the Grafton Curling Club.[3] In 2012, Aasand pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, and initially faced an attempted murder charge. He was accused of repeatedly hitting his wife on the head with a hammer. After spending time in jail, he agreed to move away from Grafton and was barred from contacting his wife.[4]

Teams

Men's
Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1971–72 Robert LaBonteFrank AasandJohn AasandRay MorganUSMCC 1972
WCC 1972

Mixed
Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1976 Frank AasandPaddy HankeyRay MorganVicky AasandUSMxCC 1976
gollark: If I avoid the piano, I'll feel quite happy about that for a bit and soon probably forget.
gollark: If a piano falls out of a window in front of me, and it hits me and nonfatally injures me in a way which leaves me hospitalized for months and losing a limb, I will be VERY unhappy.
gollark: You'll also have probably have experienced lots of unhappiness about the almost-dying, depending on how it happens exactly.
gollark: Some of them are actually just in simulations being fed entirely fake GTech™ buildings.
gollark: And have either turned them all or fed them false data?

References
  1. Frank Aasand on the World Curling Federation database
  2. The Curling News - Labonte Curse on YouTube
  3. https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/healthprofessions/obits/AasandF.pdf
  4. https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/grafton-man-sentenced-for-hammer-attack-on-wife/article_2dfb63c6-478c-11e1-8f27-001871e3ce6c.html
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