{{Short description|Canadian businessman (born 1950)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Bill Comrie | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|06|29}} | birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = Founding The Brick | spouse = {{Plainlist| * {{marriage|Theresa Comrie|1971|1990|reason=died}} * {{marriage|Roxanne Huisman<br>|1994}} }} | children = 5, including Mike, Paul, and Eric | relatives = Hilary Duff (ex-daughter-in-law) | notable_works = }} '''William H. Comrie''' (born June 29, 1948) is a Canadian businessman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianbusiness.com/business-strategy/live-learn-bill-comrie/|title=Live & Learn: Bill Comrie - Canadian Business|website=www.canadianbusiness.com|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> He is the founder of The Brick, one of Canada's largest volume retailers of furniture, mattresses, appliances and home electronics.<ref name="edify"/>
==Early life== Comrie was born on June 29, 1948, in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.chfaweb.ca/e-roy2004.html Canadian Home Furnishings Alliance<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
He played junior hockey with the Moose Jaw Canucks, a Chicago Blackhawks farm team, and later the Edmonton Oil Kings, but retired from hockey in 1968 to enter into the family furniture business following the death of his father Herb,<ref name=autogenerated1 /> eventually turning down an invitation to a Blackhawks training camp.<ref name="edify">{{cite news |last1=Sandor |first1=Steven |title=Growing Up Comrie |url=https://edifyedmonton.com/people/profiles/growing-up-comrie/ |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=Edify |date=1 October 2013}}</ref>
== BC Lions Ownership == From September 23, 1992 to March 11, 1996, Comrie was owner of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-17 |title=Owners & Management |url=http://bclionsalumni.com/management-staff/owners-management/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=BC Lions |language=en-US}}</ref> The Lions won the 1994 Grey Cup.
==Personal life== Comrie is the father of professional ice hockey players Mike, Paul, and Eric Comrie.<ref name="edify"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160310212018/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Columnists/Jones/2007/02/06/3540649-sun.html CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Columnists - Jones: Follow my leader]</ref> He has a grandson named Luca through Mike's former marriage to Hilary Duff.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hilary-duff-and-mike-comrie-welcome-a-son/ "Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie Welcome a Son"]. ''CBS News'' March 22, 2012.</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110826080135/http://investors.thebrickgroup.ca/overview.asp?ticker=T.BRK The Brick Group]
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