He is a 1979 European champion and a 1964 World championship silver medallist.

[3] Waddell and the entirety of his 1964 Scottish champion rink were farmers from Hamilton.

[2] His grandson Kyle is a curler too, a 2013 World Junior champion and a 2017 European Championships silver medallist.

Another grandson Craig is also a curler, and the brothers played together in the 2019 European Championships.

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