Bob Nichols (curler)

American curler

Bob Nichols

Curler

♂

Born

(1948-01-27) January 27, 1948 (age 76)

Superior, Wisconsin

Team

Curling club

Superior CC,
Superior, Wisconsin

Curling career

Member Association

United States

World Championship
appearances

Olympic
appearances

2 (1988, 1992; demo)

Medal record

Curling

Winter Olympics
	1992 Albertville (Demonstration)
World Championships
	1974 Bern
	1978 Winnipeg
	1981 London
United States Men's Championship
	1974 Schenectady
	1978 Utica
	1981 Fairbanks
United States Olympic Trials
	1987 St. Paul

Robert "Bob" Nichols (born January 27, 1948, in Superior, Wisconsin) is an American curler.

He is a 1974, 1978 World Men's champion, 1981 silver medallist and a three-times United States men's curling champion (1974, 1978, 1981).

He played at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport, USA men's team finished on fourth place. He played also at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport, USA men's team won bronze medal.

Awards

United States Curling Association Hall of Fame:
- 1990 (as curler);
- 2017 (with all 1974 world champions team: skip Bud Somerville, second Bill Strum and lead Tom Locken);
- 2017 (with all 1978 world champions team: third Bill Strum, second Tom Locken and lead Bob Christman).^[1]

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	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
1980–81	Bob Nichols (fourth)	Bud Somerville (skip)	Bob Christman	Bob Buchanan			1981 USMCC 1981 WMCC
1982–83^[2]	Bob Nichols (fourth)	Bud Somerville (skip)	Tim Somerville	Bob Christman
1983–84^[2]	Bob Nichols (fourth)	Bud Somerville (skip)	Tim Somerville	Bob Christman
1987–88	Bob Nichols (fourth)	Bud Somerville (skip)	Tom Locken	Bob Christman	Bill Strum (WOG)		1987 USOCT 1988 WOG (4th)
1991–92	Tim Somerville (fourth)	Mike Strum	Bud Somerville (skip)	Bill Strum	Bob Nichols (WOG)	Bob Buchanan	1992 WOG

^ "Hall of Fame Members". USA Curling. Archived from the original on 2014-01-21. Retrieved Apr 29, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Wisconsin State Champions - Men's". Wisconsin State Curling Association. Archived from the original on 2014-11-17. Retrieved Dec 13, 2019.