Daily News | Curt Simmons, retired Phillies baseball star, veteran, and former owner of the Limekiln Golf Club, has died at 93
Curt Simmons, 93, of Ambler, retired Phillies star pitcher, member of the team’s wall of fame and the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia sports halls of fame, veteran, and popular former owner of Prospectville’s Limekiln Golf Club, died Tuesday, Dec. 13, of Alzheimer’s disease at his home.
Friendly and funny, Mr. Simmons liked to share stories of his colorful life in baseball, and he was quoted often in The Inquirer, Daily News, and other publications. He wore his hair in a crew cut for much of his life and liked to ask others as he grew older: “Did your barber die?” On the field, batters said his disturbing style of turning his back to them just before he threw the ball made it difficult to hit against him. Managers said his variety of effective pitches kept hitters off balance, and catchers marveled at the speed of his fastball before he had elbow surgery in 1959.
He married Dorothy Ludwig, a childhood friend and neighbor, in 1951, and they had sons Tom and Tim, and daughter Susan, and lived in Philadelphia, Meadowbrook, and Ambler. His wife died in 2012.Mr. Simmons also played basketball and football in high school but reluctantly dropped football so as not to jeopardize his blossoming baseball career. He played trumpet in the high school marching band and later for the military.
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