Tom Locken
Curler  ♂
Born	(1942-10-16) October 16, 1942 Duluth, Minnesota
Team
Curling club	Superior CC, Superior, Wisconsin
Curling career
Member Association	United States
World Championship appearances	2 (1974, 1978)
Olympic appearances	1 (1988; demo)
Medal record Curling World Championships 1974 Bern 1978 Winnipeg United States Men's Championship 1974 Schenectady 1978 Utica United States Olympic Trials 1987 St. Paul

Thomas Gilbert Locken (born October 16, 1942, in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American curler.

He is a two-time World Men's champion (1974, 1978) and a two-time United States men's curling champion (1974, 1978).

He played at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport, USA men's team finished on fourth place.

Awards

• United States Curling Association Hall of Fame:^[1]
  • 1994 (as curler);
  • 2017 (with all 1974 world champions team: skip Bud Somerville, third Bob Nichols and second Bill Strum).
  • 2017 (with all 1978 world champions team: skip Bob Nichols, third Bill Strum and lead Bob Christman).

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Events
1973–74	Bud Somerville	Bob Nichols	Bill Strum	Tom Locken		1974 USMCC 1974 WMCC
1974–75[2]	Bud Somerville	Bob Nichols	Bill Strum	Tom Locken
1975–76[2]	Bud Somerville	Bob Nichols	Bill Strum	Tom Locken
1976–77[2]	Bud Somerville	Bob Nichols	Bill Strum	Tom Locken
1977–78	Bob Nichols	Bill Strum	Tom Locken	Bob Christman		1978 USMCC 1978 WMCC
1987–88	Bob Nichols (fourth)	Bud Somerville (skip)	Tom Locken	Bob Christman	Bill Strum (WOG)	1987 USOCT 1988 WOG (4th)
1989–90[2]	Jim Bradshaw	Tom Locken	Bob Christman	Bob Buchanan

References

External links

• Tom Locken at the World Curling Federation
• Tom Locken at Olympedia
• Video: 1978 Air Canada Silver Broom Highlights on YouTube