{"id":538508,"date":"2023-05-17T15:49:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T15:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.curling.ca\/blog\/2023\/05\/17\/deces-de-ron-northcott\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T06:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T06:53:12","slug":"deces-de-ron-northcott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curling.ca\/fr\/blog\/2023\/05\/17\/deces-de-ron-northcott\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9c\u00e8s de Ron Northcott"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cossette-block-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.curling.ca\/files\/2023\/05\/Ron-Northcott-2-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curling.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ron-Northcott-2-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517118\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ron Northcott, de Calgary, a remport\u00e9 trois fois le titre mondial masculin Silver Broom du Brier et d&rsquo;Air Canada. (Photo, Michael Burns Sr.\/avec la permission de la collection Warren Hansen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-algori-social-share-buttons\"><button class=\"bttn-simple bttn-md bttn-primary algori-social-share-buttons-settings algori-social-share-buttons-facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i>\u00a0 \u00a0Facebook<\/button><button class=\"bttn-simple bttn-md bttn-primary algori-social-share-buttons-settings algori-social-share-buttons-twitter\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\u00a0 \u00a0Twitter<\/button><button class=\"bttn-simple bttn-md bttn-primary algori-social-share-buttons-settings algori-social-share-buttons-email\"><i class=\"fas fa-envelope\"><\/i>\u00a0 \u00a0Email<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Surnomm\u00e9 The Owl (le Hibou), ce triple vainqueur du Brier \u00e9tait une l\u00e9gende du curling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 une certaine \u00e9poque, les meilleurs capitaines canadiens au curling h\u00e9ritaient de surnoms color\u00e9s&nbsp;: The Wrench, Donny Digit, The Big O, The Snake, The Iceman et The King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mais aucun de ces surnoms n\u2019\u00e9tait aussi appropri\u00e9 que The Owl\u00a0(le Hibou)\u00a0: Ron Northcott, de Calgary, <a href=\"https:\/\/mhfh.com\/tribute\/details\/42731\/Ron-Northcott\/obituary.html\">qui est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 lundi, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 87 ans<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ce surnom \u00e9tait iconique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il n\u2019avait pas vraiment besoin d\u2019explications, mais nous allons quand m\u00eame vous en donner. Ce surnom lui allait \u00e0 merveille. Il portait des lunettes de corne, et ressemblait \u00e0\u2026 un hibou quand il glissait en sortant de l\u2019appui-pied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mais, sur la glace, il ressemblait davantage \u00e0 un aigle, un pr\u00e9dateur agile et intelligent qui a accumul\u00e9 de nombreux succ\u00e8s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le nom de Northcott n\u2019appara\u00eet pas toujours dans la liste des candidats au titre de meilleur capitaine de tous les temps, mais un coup d\u2019\u0153il \u00e0 ses statistiques vous fera d\u00e9couvrir un joueur qui a remport\u00e9 trois championnats canadiens et trois titres mondiaux, et qui m\u00e9riterait ce titre. Northcott et son excellente \u00e9quipe du Club de curling de Calgary dans les ann\u00e9es 60 ont tout simplement domin\u00e9 la sc\u00e8ne masculine au Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abJe suis vraiment triste que mon ancien capitaine soit d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9\u00bb, affirmait Bernie Sparks, de Chilliwack en Colombie-Britannique, qui, en compagnie du premier Fred Storey, lan\u00e7ait les pierres en d\u00e9but de partie, pour aider Northcott \u00e0 remporter le Brier et le titre mondial en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V9CCYkmAkKE\">1966<\/a> (Halifax; Vancouver), en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uRWKiBkmHZg\">1968<\/a> (Kelowna, C.-B.; Pointe-Claire, QC) et en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1ttfv7-6wMc\">1969<\/a> (Oshawa, Ont.; Perth, \u00c9cosse).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curieusement, Northcott a remport\u00e9 ces championnats avec trois vice-capitaines diff\u00e9rents&nbsp;: Jimmy Shields en 1966, George Fink en 1968, et Dave Gerlach en 1969.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curling.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ron-Northcott-3-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curling.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ron-Northcott-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517124\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Bernie Sparkes, \u00e0 gauche, a d\u00e9crit son co\u00e9quipier de longue date Ron Northcott comme \u00ab\u00a0un vrai gentleman\u00a0\u00bb. (Photo, Michael Burns Sr.\/avec la permission de la collection Warren Hansen)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sparkes d\u00e9crit Northcott comme un des joueurs les plus courtois, modestes et honn\u00eates de son \u00e9poque, tout en \u00e9tant un farouche comp\u00e9titeur sur la glace. Personne ne supportait mieux la pression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abIl \u00e9tait un v\u00e9ritable gentleman,\u00bb racontait Sparkes. \u00abIl \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s effac\u00e9 et tr\u00e8s gentil avec tout le monde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab\u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, il \u00e9tait probablement un des meilleurs joueurs au monde. Je pense qu\u2019il \u00e9tait le meilleur pour lire la glace dans les ann\u00e9es 60. Quand il fallait vraiment bien comprendre la glace, il \u00e9tait un des meilleurs. Il avait d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 \u00e7a en jouant sur plusieurs types de surfaces. On ne penserait m\u00eame pas \u00e0 jouer sur de la glace comme \u00e7a de nos jours.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northcott y avait fait r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 plusieurs reprises quand il parlait de jouer dans le sud de l\u2019Alberta, o\u00f9 il devait composer avec le Chinook (une hausse dramatique des temp\u00e9ratures accompagn\u00e9e de vent), qui pouvait affecter la glace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northcott a \u00e9ventuellement partag\u00e9 ses connaissances sur la lecture de la glace et la strat\u00e9gie avec le public gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 \u00abCurling Tips\u00bb, une chronique publi\u00e9e dans le Toronto Star de la fin des ann\u00e9es 60 jusqu\u2019au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Son calme sous pression \u00e9tait remarquable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abQuand la victoire \u00e9tait \u00e0 l\u2019enjeu, il r\u00e9ussissait son lancer, racontait Sparkes. C\u2019est remarquable qu\u2019il ait pu r\u00e9ussir \u00e7a presque \u00e0 chaque fois.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N\u00e9 le 31 d\u00e9cembre 1935 \u00e0 Innisfail, en Alberta, Northcott a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 jouer au curling quand il \u00e9tudiait au high school; en 1953, il a remport\u00e9 le championnat scolaire de l\u2019Alberta avec une \u00e9quipe de Vulcan. Il est plus tard devenu membre du Club de curling de Calgary, o\u00f9 il a remport\u00e9 six titres provinciaux de l\u2019Alberta \u2013 une fois comme troisi\u00e8me et cinq fois en tant que capitaine \u2013 pour ensuite repr\u00e9senter sa province au Brier \u00e0 six reprises en sept ans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northcott a re\u00e7u plusieurs distinctions. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 dans le Temple de la renomm\u00e9e du sport canadien en 1970, au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e du curling canadien en 1973, puis au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e du sport de l\u2019Alberta en 1980. En 2013, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration mondiale de curling, et est devenu membre de l\u2019Ordre du Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il a aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 choisi comme athl\u00e8te de l\u2019ann\u00e9e \u00e0 Calgary en 1966 et 1968.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" 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