Historical Results From The North American Figure Skating Championships

Held bienally over a forty-eight year period, the North American Figure Skating Championships were a prestigious international competition between skaters from Canada and the United States. Many of these events have been covered on Skate Guard previously, but full results from the competition are something that haven't been easily accessible in years past. I've compiled them here through back issues of "Skating" magazine, competition programs and newspaper archives.

THE 1923 INTERNATIONAL FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS* (Ottawa, Ontario, February 23, 1923)

Men:

1. Sherwin Badger (USA)

2. Melville Rogers (CAN)

WD. Duncan McIntyre Hodgson (CAN)

WD. Nathaniel Niles (USA)

WD. Edward Howland (USA)

Women:

1. Theresa Weld Blanchard (USA)

2. Beatrix Loughran (USA)

3. Dorothy Jenkins (CAN)

4. Lillian Cramer (USA)

5. Rosalie Knapp (USA)

Pairs:

1. Dorothy Jenkins and A.G. McLennan (CAN)

2. Theresa Weld Blanchard and Nathaniel Niles (USA)

3. Clara Rotch Frothingham and Charles Morgan Rotch (USA)

Fours:

1. Minto Four - Elizabeth Blair, Florence Wilson, Philip Harvey Chrysler and C.R. Morphy (CAN)

2. New York Four - Clara Hartman, Grace Munstock, Paul Armitage and Joel B. Liberman (USA)

3. Boston Four - Theresa Weld Blanchard, Clara Rotch Frothingham, Sherwin Badger and Charles Morgan Rotch (USA)

Waltzing:

1. Florence Wilson and Joel B. Liberman (CAN/USA)

*. Theresa Weld Blanchard and Melville Rogers (USA/CAN)

*. Clara Hartman and John Z. Machado (USA/CAN)

*. Lillian Cramer and A.G. McLennan (USA/CAN)

*. Elizabeth 'Bet' Blair and Paul Armitage (CAN/USA)

*. Dorothy Jenkins and Sherwin Badger (CAN/USA)

*. Clara Rotch Frothingham and Philip Harvey Chrysler (USA/CAN)

*. Grace Munstock and Cecil R. Morphy (USA/CAN)

*. Rosalie Knapp and Douglas Henry Nelles (USA/CAN)

*. Ruth Chapman and Col. E.T. Gillmore (USA/CAN)

*. Miss Morrison and M.B. Bonnell (USA/CAN)

*. Beatrice MacDougall and Charles Morgan Rotch (CAN/USA)

*. Edith Secord and Mr. Patterson (USA/CAN)

*. Constance Wilson and Joel B. Liberman (CAN/USA)

*In the informal waltzing contest, only the winners were announced. A rule stipulated that the two skaters couldn't be from the same club, making for many interesting impromptu cross-border pairings.

THE 1925 CHAMPIONSHIPS OF NORTH AMERICA (Boston, Massachusetts, March 4-5, 1925)

Men:

1. Melville Rogers (CAN)

2. Nathaniel Niles (USA)

Women:

1. Beatrix Loughran (USA)

2. Cecil Smith (CAN)

3. Theresa Weld Blanchard (USA)

4. Lillian Cramer (USA)

5. Rosalie Knapp (USA)

Pairs:

1. Theresa Weld Blanchard and Nathaniel Niles (USA)

2. Gladys and Melville Rogers (CAN)

Constance Wilson. Photo courtesy City of Toronto Archives.

THE 1927 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Toronto, Ontario, February 26, 1927)

Men:

1. Melville Rogers (CAN)

2. Sherwin Badger (USA)

3. Roger Turner (USA)

4. Montgomery Wilson (CAN)\

5. Nathaniel Niles (USA)

6. Jack Eastwood (CAN)

7. George Braakman (USA)

Women:

1. Beatrix Loughran (USA)

2. Constance Wilson (CAN)

3. Cecil Smith (CAN)

4. Maribel Vinson (USA)

5. Theresa Weld Blanchard (USA)

6. Rosalie Knapp (USA)

Pairs:

1. Beatrice McDougall and Chauncey Bangs (CAN)

2. Theresa Weld Blanchard and Nathaniel Niles (USA)

3. Constance and Montgomery Wilson (CAN)

4. Beatrix Loughran and Sherwin Badger (USA)

5. Maude Smith and Jack Eastwood (CAN)

6. Maribel Vinson and Thornton Coolidge (USA)

7. Ada Bauman and George Braakman (USA)

THE 1929 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Boston, Massachusetts, March 4-5, 1929)

Men:

1. Montgomery Wilson (CAN)

2. Roger Turner (USA)

3. Frederick Goodridge (USA)

4. James Lester Madden (USA)

Women:

1. Constance Wilson (CAN)

2. Maribel Vinson (USA)

3. Suzanne Davis (USA)

Pairs:

1. Constance and Montgomery Wilson (CAN)

2. Theresa Weld Blanchard and Nathaniel Niles (USA)

3. Maribel Vinson and Thornton Coolidge (USA)

4. Dorothy Weld and Richard L. Hapgood (USA)

The Toronto Four - Mary Littlejohn, Hubert Sprott, Jack Hose and Elizabeth Fisher. Photo courtesy City of Toronto Archives.

THE 1931 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS* (Ottawa, Ontario, February 4-5, 1931)

Men:

1. Montgomery Wilson (CAN)

2. James Lester Madden (USA)

3. Gail Borden II (USA)

4. Lewis Elkin (CAN)

Women:

1. Constance Wilson Samuel (CAN)

2. Elizabeth Fisher (CAN)

3. Edith Secord (USA)

4. Margaret Bennett (USA)

Pairs:

1. Constance Wilson Samuel and Montgomery Wilson (CAN)

2. Frances Claudet and Chauncey Bangs (CAN)

3. Beatrix Loughran and Sherwin Badger (USA)

4. Cecil Smith and Stewart Reburn (CAN)

5. Maude Smith and Jack Eastwood (CAN)

Fours:

1. Minto Four - Frances Claudet, Kay Lopdell, Guy Owen and Melville Rogers (CAN)

2. Granite Club Four - Cecil Smith, Maude Smith, Stewart Reburn and Jack Eastwood (CAN)

3. Toronto Four - Mary Littlejohn, Elizabeth Fisher, Hubert Sprott and Jack Hose (CAN)

*The fours event was not considered a North American Championship at the time, but rather a separate contest for the Duke of Connaught Cup.

Photo courtesy "Skating" magazine

THE 1933 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS* (New York City, New York, February 10-11, 1933)

Men:

1. Montgomery Wilson (CAN)

2. James Lester Madden (USA)

3. Robin Lee (USA)

4. William Nagle (USA)

WD. Roger Turner (USA)

Women:

1. Constance Wilson Samuel (CAN)

2. Cecil Smith Gooderham (CAN)

3. Suzanne Davis (USA)

4. Audrey Peppe (USA)

5. Dr. Hulda Berger (USA)

Pairs:

1. Constance Wilson Samuel and Montgomery Wilson (CAN)

2. Maude Smith and Jack Eastwood (CAN)

3. Kay Lopdell and Donald B. Cruikshank (CAN)

4. Grace and James Lester Madden (USA)

5. Gertrude Meredith and Joseph K. Savage (USA)

Fours:

1. Minto Four - Prudence Holbrook, Margaret Anne Davis, Melville Rogers and Guy Owen (CAN)

2. Toronto Four - Constance Wilson Samuel, Elizabeth Fisher, Montgomery Wilson and Hubert Sprott (CAN)

3. Boston Four - Theresa Weld Blanchard, Suzanne Davis, Richard L. Hapgood and Fred A. Parmenter (USA)

Waltz:

1. Valerie Jones and Oscar L. Richard (USA)

Fourteenstep:

1. Grace and James Lester Madden (USA)

2. Suzanne Davis and Richard L. Hapgood (USA)

*The winners of the informal Waltz and Fourteenstep competitions were decided by audience applause.

Frances Claudet

THE 1935 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Montreal, Quebec, February 21-22, 1935)

Men:

1. Montgomery Wilson (CAN)

2. Robin Lee (USA)

3. James Lester Madden (USA)

4. Roger Turner (USA)

5. Osborne Colson (CAN)

6. George E.B. Hill (USA)

7. Guy Owen (CAN)

8. Wingate Snaith (CAN)

Women:

1. Constance Wilson Samuel (CAN)

2. Maribel Vinson (USA)

3. Suzanne Davis (USA)

4. Veronica Clarke (CAN)

5. Louise Weigel (USA)

6. Estelle Weigel (USA)

7. Frances Claudet (CAN)

Pairs:

1. Maribel Vinson and George E.B. Hill (USA)

2. Constance Wilson Samuel and Montgomery Wilson (CAN)

3. Louise Bertram and Stewart Reburn (CAN)

4. Grace and James Lester Madden (USA)

5. Frances Claudet and Donald B. Cruikshank (CAN)

6. Polly Blodgett and Roger Turner (USA)

7. Eva Schwerdt and William Bruns (USA)

Fours:

1. Minto Four - Prudence Holbrook, Margaret Anne Davis, Melville Rogers and Guy Owen (CAN)

2. New York Four - Nettie Prantel, Ardelle Kloss, Joseph K. Savage and Roy P. Hunt (USA)

3. Boston Four - Suzanne Davis, Grace Madden, George E.B. Hill and Frederick Goodridge (USA)

Erle Reiter. Photo courtesy Minnesota Historical Society.

THE 1937 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Boston, Massachusetts, March 1-2, 1937)

Men:

1. Montgomery Wilson (CAN)

2. Roger Turner (USA)

3. Ralph McCreath (CAN)

4. Erle Reiter (USA)

5. Osborne Colson (CAN)

6. Ollie Haupt Jr. (USA)

Women:

1. Maribel Vinson (USA)

2. Veronica Clarke (CAN)

3. Eleanor O'Meara (CAN)

4. Dorothy Caley (CAN)

5. Polly Blodgett (USA)

6. Katherine Durbrow (USA)

Pairs:

1. Veronica Clarke and Ralph McCreath (CAN)

2. Maribel Vinson and George E.B. Hill (USA)

3. Grace and James Lester Madden (USA)

4. Joan Tozzer and M. Bernard Fox (USA)

5. Mary Jane Halsted and Jack Eastwood (CAN)

6. Aidrie and Donald B. Cruikshank (CAN)

Fours:

1. Minto Four - Prudence Holbrook, Margaret Anne Davis, Melville Rogers and Guy Owen (CAN)

2. Minto Four - Naomi Slater, Aidrie Cruikshank, Jack Hose and Donald B. Cruikshank (CAN)

3. New York Four - Nettie Prantel, Ardelle Kloss, George Boltres and Joseph K. Savage (USA)

4. Boston Four - Leslie Eustis, Peggy Stuart, Richard L. Hapgood and Willoughby Stuart (USA)

Eleanor O'Meara

THE 1939 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS* (Toronto, Ontario, February 3-4, 1939)

Men:

1. Montgomery Wilson (CAN)

2. Robin Lee (USA)

3. Ralph McCreath (CAN)

4. Ollie Haupt Jr. (USA)

5. Eugene Turner (USA)

6. Jack Vigeon (CAN)

Women:

1. Mary Rose Thacker (CAN)

2. Joan Tozzer (USA)

3. Norah McCarthy (CAN)

4. Audrey Peppe (USA)

5. Eleanor O'Meara (CAN)

6. Dorothy Caley (CAN)

7. Polly Blodgett (USA)

8. Charlotte Walther (USA)

Pairs:

1. Joan Tozzer and M. Bernard Fox (USA)

2. Norah McCarthy and Ralph McCreath (CAN)

3. Aidrie and Donald B. Cruikshank (CAN)

4. Annah 'Bunty' McKaig and William Penn Gaskell Hall III (USA)

Fours:

1. Toronto/Granite Club Four - Hazel Caley, Dorothy Caley, Montgomery Wilson and Ralph McCreath (CAN)

2. Toronto Four - Gillian Watson, Ruth Hall, Sandy McKechnie and Donald Gilchrist (CAN)

3. New York Four - Nettie Prantel, Marjorie Parker, George Boltres and Joseph K. Savage (USA)

4. Minto Four - Aidrie Cruikshank, Naomi Slater, Donald B. Cruikshank and Robert Surtees (CAN)

Waltz:

1. Nettie Prantel and Joseph K. Savage (USA)

Fourteenstep:

1. Sandy Macdonald and Harold Hartshorne (USA)

*An unusual experiment was tried where both the pairs and fours teams skated their programs twice, judged the first time on the difficulty and the second on their performance. The Connaught Trophy was awarded to the second-place four from the Toronto Skating Club because of a rule stipulating that all members of the winning four had to be from the same club. The Caley sisters were members of the Granite Club; their male partners from the Toronto Skating Club.

Photo courtesy "Maclean's" magazine

THE 1941 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS* (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 11-12, 1941)

Men:

1. Ralph McCreath (CAN)

2. Eugene Turner (USA)

3. William Grimditch Jr. (USA)

4. Donald Gilchrist (CAN)

5. Arthur Vaughn Jr. (USA)

6. Jack Vigeon (CAN)

Women:

1. Mary Rose Thacker (CAN)

2. Eleanor O'Meara (CAN)

3. Norah McCarthy (CAN)

4. Jane Vaughn (USA)

5. Gretchen Van Zandt Merrill (USA)

6. Barbara Ann Scott (CAN)

7. Charlotte Walther (USA)

8. Ramona Allen (USA)

Pairs:

1. Eleanor O'Meara and Ralph McCreath (CAN)

2. Donna Atwood and Eugene Turner (USA)

3. Patricia Vaeth and Jack Might (USA)

4. Norah McCarthy and Sandy McKechnie (CAN)

5. Joan Mitchell and Bobby Specht (USA)

Fours:

1. St. Paul Four - Mary Louise Premer, Janette Ahrens, Robert Uppgren, Lyman E. Wakefield Jr. (USA)

2. Toronto Four - Virginia Wilson, Therese McCarthy, Michael Kirby and Donald Gilchrist (CAN)

*The net proceeds from this event were donated to the British War Relief Society. Canadian women swept the podium for the first time and the men's event produced one of the closest results on record. The six judges arrived at a 3-3 deadlock on country lines, with each judge placing the other skater second. The result was determined by point totals, with McCreath having an edge by eight tenths of a point.

Barbara Ann Scott. Photo courtesy Hamilton Public Library.

THE 1945 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS* (New York City, New York, March 5, 1945)

Women:

1. Barbara Ann Scott (CAN)

2. Gretchen Van Zandt Merrill (USA)

3. Janette Ahrens (USA)

4. Margaret Grant (USA)

5. Marilyn Ruth Take (CAN)

6. Gloria Lillico (CAN)

7. Nadine Phillips (CAN)

8. Madelon Olson (USA)

*The 1943 North American Championships were cancelled due to World War II. The 1945 competition was held in conjunction with the U.S. Championships in New York, with a competition for women only.

THE 1947 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Ottawa, Ontario, March 28-29, 1947)

Men:

1. Dick Button (USA)

2. Jimmy Grogan (USA)

3. Wally Distelmeyer (CAN)

4. Norris Bowden (CAN)

5. Johnny Lettengarver (USA)

6. Roger Wickson (CAN)

7. Gerrard Blair (CAN)

Women:

1. Barbara Ann Scott (CAN)

2. Janette Ahrens (USA)

3. Yvonne Sherman (USA)

4. Suzanne Morrow (CAN)

5. Eileen Seigh (USA)

6. Marilyn Ruth Take (CAN)

7. Shirley Lander (USA)

Pairs:

1. Suzanne Morrow and Wally Distelmeyer (CAN)

2. Yvonne Sherman and Robert Swenning (USA)

3. Karol and Peter Kennedy (USA)

4. Sheila and Ross Smith (CAN)

Ice Dance:

1. Lois Waring and Walter Bainbridge Jr. (USA)

2. Anne Davies and Carleton Hoffner Jr. (USA)

3. Marcella May and Frank Davenport (USA)

4. Renee Stein and Sidney Moore (USA)

5. Joyce Perkins and William de Nance Jr. (CAN)

WD. Marg Roberts and Bruce Hyland (CAN)

Marlene Smith and Donald Gilchrist. Photo courtesy "Skating" magazine.

THE 1949 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 11-12, 1949)

Men:

1. Dick Button (USA)

2. Jimmy Grogan (USA)

3. Hayes Alan Jenkins (USA)

4. Roger Wickson (CAN)

5. Austin Holt (USA)

6. Bill Lewis (CAN)

Women:

1. Yvonne Sherman (USA)

2. Marlene Smith (CAN)

3. Ginny Baxter (USA)

4. Gretchen Van Zandt Merrill (USA)

5. Suzanne Morrow (CAN)

6. Patsy Earl (CAN)

7. Helen Uhl (USA)

8. Jeane Matthews (CAN)

Pairs:

1. Karol and Peter Kennedy (USA)

2. Marlene Smith and Donald Gilchrist (CAN)

3. Irene and Walter Muehlbronner (USA)

4. Patsy Hamm and Jack Boyle (USA)

5. Pearle Simmers and David Spalding (CAN)

WD. Anne Davies and Carleton Hoffner Jr. (USA)

Ice Dance:

1. Lois Waring and Walter Bainbridge Jr. (USA)

2. Irene and Walter Muehlbronner (USA)

3. Anne Davies and Carleton Hoffner Jr. (USA)

4. Pierrette Paquin and Donald Tobin (CAN)

5. Joy Forsyth and Ron Vincent (CAN)

Fours:

1. St. Paul Four - Janet Gerhauser, Marilyn Thomsen, John Nightingale and Marlyn Thomsen (USA)

2. Toronto Four - Vevi Smith, Mary Kenner, Peter Firstbrook and Peter Dunfield (CAN)

3. Philadelphia Four - Jean Matzke, Elizabeth Royer, Edgar Newbold Black IV and Henry C. Mayer IV (USA)

Hayes Alan Jenkins

THE 1951 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Calgary, Alberta, March 23-24, 1951)

Men:

1. Dick Button (USA)

2. Jimmy Grogan (USA)

3. Hayes Alan Jenkins (USA)

4. Peter Firstbrook (CAN)

5. Don Laws (USA)

6. Donald Tobin (CAN)

7. Bill Lewis (CAN)

8. Roger Wickson (CAN)

Women:

1. Sonya Klopfer (USA)

2. Suzanne Morrow (CAN)

3. Tenley Albright (USA)

4. Ginny Baxter (USA)

5. Vevi Smith (CAN)

6. Barbara Gratton (CAN)

7. Jane Kirby (CAN)

8. Margaret Anne Graham (USA)

Pairs: 

1. Karol and Peter Kennedy (USA)

2. Janet Gerhauser and John Nightingale (USA)

3. Jane Kirby and Donald Tobin (CAN)

4. Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden (CAN)

Ice Dance:

1. Carmel and Ed Bodel (USA)

2. Carol Ann Peters and Danny Ryan (USA)

3. Pierrette Paquin and Donald Tobin (CAN)

4. Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden (CAN)

5. Mary Diane Trimble and David Ross (CAN)

Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden. Photo courtesy Toronto Public Library, from Toronto Star Photographic Archive. Reproduced for educational purposes under license permission.

THE 1953 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Cleveland, Ohio, March 6-7, 1953)

Men:

1. Hayes Alan Jenkins (USA)

2. Peter Firstbrook (CAN)

3. Ronnie Robertson (USA)

4. Dudley Richards (USA)

5. Peter Dunfield (CAN)

6. Charles Snelling (CAN)

Women:

1. Tenley Albright (USA)

2. Carol Heiss (USA)

3. Barbara Gratton (CAN)

4. Vevi Smith (CAN)

5. Dawn Steckley (CAN)

6. Carole Jane Pachl (CAN)

7. Margaret Anne Graham (USA)

8. Miggs Dean (USA)

Pairs:

1. Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden (CAN)

2. Carole Ann Ormaca and Robin Greiner (USA)

3. Margaret Anne and Hugh Graham (USA)

4. Dawn Steckley and David Lowery (USA)

Ice Dance:

1. Carol Ann Peters and Danny Ryan (USA)

2. Virginia Hoyns and Donald Jacoby (USA)

3. Carmel and Ed Bodel (USA)

4. Frances Abbott and David Ross (CAN)

5. Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden (CAN)

THE 1955 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Regina, Saskatchewan, March 15-16, 1955)

Men:

1. Hayes Alan Jenkins (USA)

2. David Jenkins (USA)

3. Charles Snelling (CAN)

4. Hugh Graham Jr. (USA)

WD. Ronnie Robertson (USA)

Women:

1. Tenley Albright (USA)

2. Carol Heiss (USA)

3. Patricia Firth (USA)

4. Carole Jane Pachl (CAN)

WD. Ann Johnston (CAN)

WD. Sonja Currie (CAN)

Pairs:

1. Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden (CAN)

2. Carole Ann Ormaca and Robin Greiner (USA)

3. Barbara Wagner and Bob Paul (CAN)

4. Lucille Ash and Sully Kothmann (USA)

5. Audrey Downie and Brian Power (CAN)

Ice Dance:

1. Carmel and Ed Bodel (USA)

2. Joan Zamboni and Roland Junso (USA)

3. Virginia Hoyns and Bill Kipp (USA)

4. Lindis and Jeffery Johnston (CAN)

5. Geraldine Fenton and Gordon Crosland (CAN)

WD. Phyllis and Martin Forney (USA)

Margaret Crosland

THE 1957 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Rochester, New York, February 9-10, 1957)

Men:

1. David Jenkins (USA)

2. Charles Snelling (CAN)

3. Tim Brown (USA)

4. Donald Jackson (CAN)

5. Tom Moore (USA)

Women:

1. Carol Heiss (USA)

2. Carole Jane Pachl (CAN)

3. Joan Schenke (USA)

4. Karen Dixon (CAN)

5. Margaret Crosland (CAN)

6. Claralynn Lewis (USA)

Pairs:

1. Barbara Wagner and Bob Paul (CAN)

2. Maria and Otto Jelinek (CAN)

3. Nancy Rouillard and Ron Ludington (USA)

4. Mary Kay and Richard Keller (USA)

Ice Dance:

1. Geraldine Fenton and Bill McLachlan (CAN)

2. Joan Zamboni and Roland Junso (USA)

3. Sharon McKenzie and Bert Wright (USA)

4. Lindis and Jeffery Johnston (CAN))

5. Carmel and Ed Bodel (USA)

6. Beverley Orr and Hugh Smith (CAN)

Donald Jackson. Photo courtesy "Skating" magazine.

THE 1959 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Toronto, Ontario, February 6-7, 1959)

Men:

1. Donald Jackson (CAN)

2. Tim Brown (USA)

3. Robert Brewer (USA)

4. Eddie Collins (CAN)

5. Bradley Lord (USA)

6. Donald McPherson (CAN)

Women:

1. Carol Heiss (USA)

2. Lynn Finnegan (USA)

3. Nancy Heiss (USA)

4. Barbara Roles (USA)

5. Sandra Tewkesbury (CAN)

6. Margaret Crosland (CAN)

7. Sonia Snelling (CAN)

Pairs:

1. Barbara Wagner and Bob Paul (CAN)

2. Nancy and Ron Ludington (USA)

3. Maribel Yerxa Owen and Dudley Richards (USA)

4. Gayle and Karl Freed (USA)

5. Debbi Wilkes and Guy Revell (CAN)

6. Jane Sinclair and Larry Rost (CAN)

Ice Dance:

1. Geraldine Fenton and Bill McLachlan (CAN)

2. Andree and Donald Jacoby (USA)

3. Ann Martin and Eddie Collins (CAN)

4. Margie Ackles and Chuck Phillips Jr. (USA)

5. Judy Ann Lamar and Ron Ludington (USA)

6. Svata and Mirek Staroba (CAN)

Maribel Yerxa Owen, Dudley Richards and Maribel Vinson Owen

THE 1961 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 11-12, 1961)

Men:

1. Donald Jackson (CAN)

2. Bradley Lord (USA)

3. Gregory Kelley (USA)

4. Douglas Ramsay (USA)

5. Donald McPherson (CAN)

6. Bradley Black (CAN)

Women:

1. Laurence Owen (USA)

2. Wendy Griner (CAN)

3. Sonia Snelling (CAN)

4. Stephanie Westerfeld (USA)

5. Shirra Kenworthy (CAN)

6. Frances Gold (CAN)

7. Karen Howland (USA)

WD. Rhode Lee Michelson (USA)

Pairs:

1. Maria and Otto Jelinek (CAN)

2. Maribel Yerxa Owen and Dudley Richards (USA)

3. Debbi Wilkes and Guy Revell (CAN)

4. Ila Ray and Ray Hadley Jr. (USA)

5. Gertrude Desjardins and Maurice Lafrance (CAN)

6. Laurie and Bill Hickox (USA)

Ice Dance:

1. Virginia Thompson and Bill McLachlan (CAN)

2. Dona Lee Carrier and Roger Campbell (USA)

3. Paulette Doan and Ken Ormsby (CAN)

4. Diane Sherbloom and Larry Pierce (USA)

5. Donna Lee and John Mitchell (CAN))

6. Patricia and Bob Dineen (USA)

Wendy Griner

THE 1963 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Vancouver, British Columbia, February 15-16, 1963)

Men:

1. Donald McPherson (CAN)

2. Tommy Litz (USA)

3. Scott Ethan Allen (USA)

4. Donald Knight (CAN)

5. Monty Hoyt (USA)

6. Bill Neale (CAN)

Women:

1. Wendy Griner (CAN)

2. Petra Burka (CAN)

3. Shirra Kenworthy (CAN)

4. Lorraine Hanlon (USA)

5. Karen Howland (USA)

6. Christine Haigler (USA)

Pairs:

1. Debbi Wilkes and Guy Revell (CAN)

2. Gertrude Desjardins and Maurice Lafrance (CAN)

3. Vivian and Ronald Joseph (USA)

4. Judianne and Jerry Fotheringill (USA)

5. Linda Ann Ward and Neil Carpenter (CAN)

WD. Patti Gustafson and Pieter Kollen (USA)

Ice Dance:

1. Paulette Doan and Ken Ormsby (CAN)

2. Donna Lee and John Mitchell (CAN)

3. Sally Schantz and Stanley Urban (USA)

4. Yvonne Littlefield and Peter Betts (USA)

5. Carole Forest and Kevin Lethbridge (CAN)

6. Lorna Dyer and John Carrell (USA)

Photo courtesy "Skating" magazine

THE 1965 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Rochester, New York, February 19-21, 1965)

Men: 

1. Gary Visconti (USA)

2. Scott Ethan Allen (USA)

3. Donald Knight (CAN)

4. Charles Snelling (CAN)

5. Tim Wood (USA)

6. Jay Humphrey (CAN)

Women:

1. Petra Burka (CAN)

2. Peggy Fleming (USA)

3. Valerie Jones (CAN)

4. Roberta Laurent (CAN)

5. Tina Noyes (USA)

6. Carol Noir (USA)

7. Gloria Tatton (CAN)

8. Myrna Bodek (USA)

Pairs:

1. Vivian and Ronald Joseph (USA)

2. Cynthia and Ron Kauffman (USA)

3. Susan and Paul Huehnergard (CAN)

4. Alexis and Chris Shields (CAN)

5. Joanne Heckert and Gary Clark (USA)

6. Faye Strutt and Jimmy Watters (CAN)

Ice Dance:

1. Lorna Dyer and John Carrell (USA)

2. Kristin Fortune and Dennis Sveum (USA)

3. Carole Forrest and Kevin Lethbridge (CAN)

4. Susan and Stanley Urban (USA)

5. Lynn Matthews and Byron Topping (CAN)

6. Gail Snyder and Wayne Palmer (CAN)

THE 1967 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS* (Montreal, Quebec, February 10-12, 1967)

Men:

1. Donald Knight (CAN)

2. Scott Ethan Allen (USA)

3. Gary Visconti (USA)

4. Jay Humphry (CAN)

5. Tim Wood (USA)

6. Charles Snelling (CAN)

Women:

1. Peggy Fleming (USA)

2. Valerie Jones (CAN)

3. Tina Noyes (USA)

4. Karen Magnussen (CAN)

5. Roberta Laurent (CAN)

6. Jennie Walsh (USA)

Pairs:

1. Cynthia and Ron Kauffman (USA)

2. Susan Berens and Roy Wagelein (USA)

3. Betty Lewis and Richard Gilbert (USA)

4. Anna Forder and Richard Stephens (CAN)

5. Betty and John McKilligan (CAN)

6. Alexis and Chris Shields (CAN)

Ice Dance:

1. Lorna Dyer and John Carrell (USA)

2. Joni Graham and Don Phillips (CAN)

3. Judy Schwomeyer and Jim Sladky (USA)

4. Alma Davenport and Roger Berry (USA)

5. Judy Henderson and John Bailey (CAN)

6. Maureen Peever and Wayne Palmer (CAN)

*A worker's strike closed the host arena just a week prior to the competition. At the eleventh hour, the organizers were forced to find alternative venues. 

THE 1969 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS* (Berkeley, California, February 6-8, 1969)

Men:

1. Tim Wood (USA)

2. Jay Humphry (CAN)

3. John 'Misha' Petkevich (USA)

4. Gary Visconti (USA)

5. David McGillvray (CAN)

6. Toller Cranston (CAN)

Women:

1. Janet Lynn (USA)

2. Karen Magnussen (CAN)

3. Linda Carbonetto (CAN)

4. Tina Noyes (USA)

5. Julie Lynn Holmes (USA)

6. Cathy Lee Irwin (CAN)

Pairs:

1. Cynthia and Ron Kauffman (USA)

2. JoJo Starbuck and Ken Shelley (USA)

3. Mary Petrie and Bob McAvoy (CAN)

4. Melissa and Mark Militano (USA)

5. Anna Forder and Richard Stephens (CAN)

6. Sandra and Val Bezic (CAN)

Ice Dance:

1. Donna Taylor and Bruce Lennie (CAN)

2. Judy Schwomeyer and Jim Sladky (USA)

3. Debbie Gerken and Raymond Tiedemann (USA)

4. Mary Church and Tom Falls (CAN)

5. Joan Bitterman and Brad Hislop (USA)

6. Hazel Pike and Phillip Boskill (CAN)

*The (now infamous) judging scandals from this event played a major role in the ultimate demise of the North American Championships.

Photo courtesy "Skating" magazine

THE 1971 NORTH AMERICAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Peterborough, Ontario, February 4-6, 1971)

Men:

1. John 'Misha' Petkevich (USA)

2. Toller Cranston (CAN)

3. Ken Shelley (USA)

4. Gordon McKellen Jr. (USA)

5. Ron Shaver (CAN)

6. Paul Bonenfant (CAN)

Women:

1. Karen Magnussen (CAN)

2. Janet Lynn (USA)

3. Suna Murray (USA)

4. Dawn Glab (USA)

5. Diane Hall (CAN)

WD. Ruth Hutchinson (CAN)

Pairs:

1. JoJo Starbuck and Ken Shelley (USA)

2. Melissa and Mark Militano (USA)

3. Sandra and Val Bezic (CAN)

4. Barbara Brown and Doug Berndt (USA)

5. Mary Petrie and John Hubbell (CAN)

6. Marian Murray and Glenn Moore (CAN)

Ice Dance:

1. Judy Schwomeyer and Jim Sladky (USA)

2. Anne and Harvey Millier (USA)

3. Mary Karen Campbell and Johnny Johns (USA)

4. Louise Lind and Barry Soper (CAN)

5. Mary Church and David Sutton (CAN)

6. Brenda Sandys and James Holden (CAN)

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