Red Ormsby
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Red Ormsby | |
Emmett Thomas Ormsby | |
Height: | 6' 2" |
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Weight: | 200 |
Born: | 1895-4-3 at Chicago, IL (US) |
Died: | 1962-10-11 at Chicago, IL (US) |
Interred: | St. Mary Cemetery in Evergreen Park, IL (US) |
More info | |
Statistics: | Retrosheet |
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- After retiring as an umpire, Ormsby worked as a scout for the White Sox from 1945 to 1949; he was also a Sergeant with the Chicago Police[1].
- Ormsby and his wife, Helen, had twelve children. In 1941 he was selected as National Father of the Year by The National Fathers Day Foundation[2].
- Ormsby was a World War I veteran. An injury received during this service eventually forced his retirement from umpiring[3].
Sources
- "Ex-Umpire Ormsby Dies Suddenly", pg 55. Oakland Tribune, 1962-10-12.
- http://www.e-2m.com/redormsby/stats.html, retrieved on 2009-07-04.
- http://retrosheet.org/TSNUmpireCards/Ormsby-Emmett.jpg, retrieved on 2009-07-04.
Footnotes
- ↑ "Former Ump Calls Turn on Strip Curves", pg 2. Waterloo Daily Courier, 1943-12-23.
- ↑ http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/traveling-culture/chau1/jpg/ormsby/3/2.jpg, retrieved on 2009-07-04.
- ↑ "Illness Forces Retirement of Red Ormsby", pg 31. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1941-12-25.